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I wish I knew...

...How to make sure that Bobby grows up happy ...How to help Bobby have a job he loves and that makes him happy ...How to inspire Bob to find and go for a dream ...How to really re-connect in a meaningful way with my parents ...How to have close girl friends without getting totally annoyed with them ...How to be more productive with my day I wish I knew.  God, please open up my heart and my head.

What Work Is

What Work Is By Philip Levine   We stand in the rain in a long line waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work. You know what work is--if you're old enough to read this you know what work is, although you may not do it. Forget you. This is about waiting, shifting from one foot to another. Feeling the light rain falling like mist into your hair, blurring your vision until you think you see your own brother ahead of you, maybe ten places. You rub your glasses with your fingers, and of course it's someone else's brother, narrower across the shoulders than yours but with the same sad slouch, the grin that does not hide the stubbornness, the sad refusal to give in to rain, to the hours wasted waiting, to the knowledge that somewhere ahead a man is waiting who will say, "No, we're not hiring today," for any reason he wants. You love your brother, now suddenly you can hardly stand the love flooding you for your brother, who's not b