Do you dare to be an office Pollyanna?

I'm in Quebec City for an meeting of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Specialization. Picked up the Globe and Mail and ran accross a guest article by John Izzo entitled "Do you dare to be an office Pollyanna?" It's a little about optimism and a little about finding meaning in work. Of course, it happens he's got a book out, Second Innocence: Renewing Work & Daily Life. But, that's ok -- just because he's selling doesn't mean I shouldn't be buying. One part of the story:

How do you keep feeling glad about work after you've done a job for many years? One real-life Pollyanna I met had been teaching fourth graders at the sameVancouver school for 42 years. Yet she seemed to have kept her fire for teaching.

I don't know about the book, but the article is worth a read.