The Spanish word for work, trabajo, comes from the Latin trepalium, which was an instrument of torture in Roman times. In English, 'work' comes from the Gothic word wrikan, meaning persecution. A negative perspective of suffering without hope of change, which has endured for thousands of years. This … Read More » about The meaning of work: an opportunity for self-realization or torture?
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