What is Your Life's Work?

by Bill Jensen
NY: Harper Collins, 2005

Reviewed by Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur

What we do with our lives carries so much weight. From the time we are little, we are asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" As adults we are asked, "What do you do?" Our work in many ways defines us.

In "What is Your Life's Work?" Bill Jensen asked many individuals to share what they have learned about work by way of a letter to someone they cared about. Many wrote to their children. Others offered their life lessons to grandchildren, or fellow workers. Jensen offers this book as "a practical guide for work-weary souls trying to get unstuck, as well as those who already do a lot of what matters, and just want to do more." By reading these letters, one gets a window into other's lives and into one's own. There are letters from all ends of the economic spectrum as well as from every age group. There are writers who wouldn't have changed a thing, and others who would have changed everything. There are many who are still works in progress.

Jensen divided the book into six sections: Finding Yourself, Finding the Lessons to be Learned and the Questions to be Asked, Finding the Choices that Really Matter, Finding the Courage to Choose, and, Finding Joy, Serenity, and Fulfillment. A final section is how to use this book for further reflection as well as encouragement to pass on your own wisdom to others.

This book is well-worth reading to help you reflect on what matters to you.

Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur is editor of Spiritual Woman. Visit her blog at http://spiritualwomanthoughts.blogspot.com



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