Sometimes when things seem a bit too stressful at the office, when the hectic pace of events becomes almost overwhelming, it helps to look at a bigger picture. The sentiment expressed at the end of a David P. Stern column (Physics Today, May 1993, p. 63) is heartening:
"[This job] is a great privilege. Be worthy of it. Most of humanity spends its life doing boring repetitive tasks."
Sunday, March 11, 2001 at 16:54:00 (EST) = 2001-03-11
(cf. OptimistCreed (1999-04-16), HelpfulHomilies (2007-09-02), ...)
(correlates: HelpfulHomilies, HerodotusOnThePersianPost, Mr. Wizard, ...)