In My Head

Work Around the Clock

I have recently been consumed by cultural phenomena that, until now, have been only passing fancies on my radar: red states, voter fraud, dominionism, imperial hubris, the rapture, home schooling, neo-conservatism, intelligent design, theocracy, family values, and the list goes on. The amount of my distraction by these topics has disturbed me, but at the same time I cannot stop myself. I am compelled to learn more and more. My passion has begun to wear a little on my family, but they are still supportive, by and large. It has become my work.

Perhaps I am so voracious in pursuing this information now because I know that soon I will be enveloped in the sweet cloak of new fatherhood once more. I instinctively know that I will have little time and energy to pursue these interests as the focus of my attention will be selfishly grabbed by a little bugger who has no knowledge of the importance of politics, religion, and the imminent future of our country. Fathering is to become my work anew.

But isn't the world my children will grow into my responsibility now? There really can be no separation. My cultural passions and my work as a publisher, doctor, citizen, activist, and father are inseparable. My work involves service to the community, to my children, to my family, and to myself. I cannot separate who I am from what I do. All that I do is all part of my work.

We have jobs and responsibilities each day that help support us financially or demand our time, but we all have work that goes beyond that and that helps define us deeply. Who we are is what we do. We are people that work.

Funny that we all seem to be working very hard so that we don't have to anymore. We dream of winning the lottery, retiring early, living the good life. But it only takes a quick look around to see that not working can lead to not-so-happy outcomes. So we need to work or, at least, have work to do.

The theme of this issue is work, and it has proven an elusive one. Work is so universal, so ubiquitous, so inseparable from our daily existences that it is difficult to explore without becoming too trite or too encompassing. We are able to explore only fragments of the topic while the real breadth of the theme is encyclopedic. We must be satisfied for now with the blind men's accounts, rather than the whole elephant.

The Wellpoint opens this Winter with a change. Previously, our stated mission was to create a publishing venue that supported personal self-transformation and the businesses and practices that served the same. This mission has opened up to include and emphasize the evolution of the entire community. As we progress as individuals in our personal paths, it becomes clear that there is a greater evolution of the culture occurring. The Wellpoint is committed to facilitating that change by supporting individuals, businesses, thoughts, and ideas that are involved in the transformational evolution of the culture at all levels.

Live your work. Have fun.

Very truly yours,
Stevan A. Walkowski
Editor