• Aesop Traveler talks to 3 bricklayers
  • 1st person
    • Brick by brick.
    • It’s hard to work all day laying bricks.
    • It’s not fair that some people live more comfortably.
  • Second person.
    • Bricks are piled up to form a wall.
    • I support my family with this job.
    • Thank God I have a job.
  • Three.
    • We’re building a cathedral that will go down in history.
    • Would be a great job!

One feels enrichment when one has a sense of connection with The Big One. (In the case of this story, the historic cathedral).

variation

  • In some cases, the second person says, “I’m going to be the best bricklayer in the world.”

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