But just as little Kim was transformed through the simple pleasure of discovering the right answer, so we can see and experience transformation in fairly simple things. The first baby in the family transforms the lives of both the young couple and their wider family. A holiday can transform those who have been feeling jaded or run down. A kind word or a thoughtful act or unexpected good news can transfigure the day for the recipient. Spring sunshine can transfigure those who suffer from winter blues.
Unemployment can cause so many painful and negative feelings.
Feelings of worthlessness, feelings of utter rejection, feelings of being unlovable and unloved. All that can be transformed by work. Because work gives purpose to life for so many people. But all these different transformations, wonderful and delightful as they are, are transient. None of them last forever.