David Brooks in The New York Times, January 27, 2009
"We are not defined by what we ask of life. We are defined by what life asks of us. As we go through life, we travel through institutions--first family and school, then the institutions of a profession or craft.
"A teacher's relationship to the craft of teaching, an athlete's relationship to her sport, a farmer's relationship to her land is not an individual choice that can be easily reversed when psychic losses exceed psychic profits. Her social function defines who she is. There will be many long periods when you put more into your institution than you get out.
Monday, February 02, 2009
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