I don’t get this tension between doing your job and enjoying your life. Geez!, if you don’t enjoy practicing law, find another line of work. Life’s too short to spend 2,000 hours a year doing something you don’t enjoy.
When people thank me for doing my job, I often reply, “I live to serve.” The usual response is a chuckle. But I really mean it–serving others is a lawyer’s job. Any lawyer who doesn’t understand that needs to find another line of work.
Raymond Ward, Lawyer and Renaissance Man, New Orleans, May 11, 2009
