Super Short Story (95): Work He used to be bored with his mundane work, while looking forward to retirement. But after he retired, he was so bored that he returned to work. It never crossed his mind that life is not just about being busy or doing nothing, that there are many thing in...

With no higher purpose, she toiled at work, dreading the dreariness, while looking forward to retirement. With no higher purpose, after work each day, and even after retirement, she misses work. What she needs is a higher purpose, beyond work and rest, to make the cycle worthwhile, to...

C: A young lady came looking for a job in a Buddhist organisation. Do you happen to know of any? S: Hmmm…. nothing on my list at the moment, but she might like to subscribe to www.TheDailyEnlightenment.com to look out at the Notices section. Also, she might want to try an unconventional...

What you find interest in is what others find interesting about you. - Stonepeace As such, to know whether someone is interesting to you, ‘What are your interests?’ is perhaps a much more relevant question than ‘What is your line of work?’, unless the person’s...

This is a little dated, from November 2007, but am reposting here for linking in this same site to my updated biodata at http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/05/about-shen-shian If there are new readers, may you be inspired by it in some small way at least, to be a Dharma worker or volunteer :-]...

A friend’s account: When I took up full-time Dharma work more than a decade ago, a friend warned me about the messy nature of the organisation I was going to work in. In short, he advised against me working there. I didn’t bother – because the details shared were vague...

A Dharma class participant asked me about the nature of doing full-time Dharma work. This is my summary…  How is it like? Is it like a sanctuary, the workplace and pace? Nope. Dharma work is no vocation to relax – it is for constantly engaging in various ways to actively share...