This is a story of a hotel bathroom janitor

[JaneYoung]

25 years I befriended a married couple from another country. They were both teachers in the small community where I lived. One evening they invited me to their home and taught me how to make one of their traditional meals. As we cooked, they shared some of their thoughts and beliefs. The mother of one of the teachers had swept floors for a living all of her life. The brooms were handmade from straw and the floors swept were dirt floors. Together the husband and wife told me that in their culture, it was the respect for the job itself that brought dignity to the worker. Their whole community believed that way and they missed it in our community.