the Joy of menial tasks and our technology progression

i stared at the automated sprinkling system. It was real cool. It turned a 180 degrees and back again to water the plants and the two huge coconut trees.

i shouldn't be so impressed. Afterall, i've worked in an industry which aims to automate anything that's repetitive.

i couldn't help comparing my previous day's Joy with this cool thing.

i was running at The Peak.

Along the way, a worker was watering the plants. i asked for water and from way up there, he sprinkled some over to me.

The Joy of receiving droplets of water from a stranger! More than that, i also experienced Being Fully Alive! And a serene kinda trust. It has been sadly diminishing in lives where we build walls in a bid to be caution of strangers...

A long long time ago, a carpenter used to take the materials and build the goods. Upon completion, he can admire his completed tables and chairs before selling his creation.

Nowadays, a worker becomes part of the process. One is cut off from the finished good. Almost like a limb being cut off from the body.

Perhaps a better way to do this is to allow the worker, once in a while, to see his finished good. Else he may be not know that the work of his hands created a cathedral, a temple, roads for people to walk on!

What did you create today? jeanne anne hsi