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In our production-oriented society, being busy, having an occupation, has become one of the main ways, if not the main way, of identifying ourselves. without an occupation, not just our economic security but our very identity is endangered.
-Henri Nouwen
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In Our Production-oriented Society, Being Busy, Having

Henri Nouwen
In our production-oriented society, being busy, having an occupation, has become one of the main ways, if not the main way, of identifying ourselves. without an occupation, not just our economic security but our very identity is endangered.
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