What a trio of words we have in the title of this inspirational essay. Work, creativity, and caring are all weighty words alone. But together they are heavyweights! These words come packaged in the last paragraph of the book, The Active Life , by my friend, Parker Palmer. This is a book I have used in class, as well as the Soul Work group I lead on campus. In essence, it is a book, which tries to teach us who are involved in the active life how to be contemplatives. To those of us in the active life, it always seems easier to think about becoming a contemplative---that is, living life from the perspective of contemplation---if we could run off and join a monastery. But obviously, most of us are not going to do that. So I appreciate Palmer’s effort to show me how, as I live an active life on campus, to live my life contemplatively. This is where that last paragrap...