Why I'm not working

"They deem me mad because I will not
sell my days for gold;
And I deem them mad because they
think my days have a price."

"How narrow is the vision that exalts
the busyness of the ant above the singing
of the grasshopper."

"When my cup is empty I resign myself
to its emptiness; but when it is half full
I resent its half-fulness."

"How can you sing if your mouth be
filled with food?
"How shall your hand be raised in bless-
ing if it is filled with gold?"

~Kahlil Gibran