As long as creative values are in the forefront of the life task, their actualization generally coincides with a person’s work.  Work usually represents the area in which a the individual’s uniqueness stands in relation to society and thus acquires meaning and value.  This meaning and value, however is attached to the person’s work as a contribution to society, not to the actual occupation as such….

The work in itself does not make the person indispensable and irreplaceable; it only give him (or her) the chance to be so.

Viktor Frankl – The Doctor and The Soul

For more on this idea in the modern economy, I highly recommend Seth Godin’s Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

Happy Labor Day everyone.  I hope you are enjoying a day of rest.  Even more so, I hope you get after it and discover new meaning in your work tomorrow!  – Dan