Pictured here: one of the many public manifestations (as they called them) in Communist Bulgaria.
They used to call it Day of Labour, as in honoring all those who work. What a joke! Come to find out it was the Nazis who first made May Day an official holiday in Germany. Oh, and let's not forget the Haymarket Riot and the role it played in establishing May Day as a rallying day for all socialists and communists around the world. Interestingly enough, the Haymarket Riot was all about the eight hour working day. As a person who usually logs an average of 10 hours of work a day, I've always wondered how in the world some folks manage to do what they have to do in only eight hours. Well, it's very simple. If you're not an entrepreneur and are simply "going to work", I guess you would love the socialist eight hour ideal.
But for those of us who have decided to charter the risky waters of living by faith (the ultimate entrepreneurship, I think), you know that working only 8 hours a day could never do it.
Now to lighten things up, here's a piece of Matt Kearney's song Trainwreck. Is Matt working too much like me, I wonder?
"... Where could I turn from you
The darkest nights, you know you'd find a way
What else have I to do
What words are there left to say
You are the air that I breathe in
Here is my heart I give
You are all of my reason
You are my reason to live ..."
Mat Kearney, Trainwreck
