{"id":1757,"date":"2011-09-05T08:25:59","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T16:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:01","slug":"a-labor-or-labour-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/05\/a-labor-or-labour-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A Labor (or Labour) of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/05\/a-labor-or-labour-of-love\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F09%2F05%2Fa-labor-or-labour-of-love%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>Happy Labor Day to my American friends and family&#8230; and Happy Labour Day to my Canadian friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Yup, the concept&#8217;s the same between the two countries, just the spelling is different.<\/p>\n<p>When I used to think of either word, I would conjure up images of &#8220;working hard&#8221;. And while challenges in life are to be expected, it&#8217;s not necessarily meant to be &#8220;hard&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Now, while there may sometimes be blood, sweat and tears involved, I think of labor in a different way:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Doing what you love<\/li>\n<li>Contributing value to others<\/li>\n<li>Bringing new life into the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So embrace the labor (or labour) you do, and celebrate it today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Labor Day to my American friends and family&#8230; and Happy Labour Day to my Canadian friends and family. Yup, the concept&#8217;s the same between the two countries, just the spelling is different. 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