OPINION

Finding purpose in work

What “The Cathedral Story” can teach us about finding purpose and meaning in the work we do

Shawn Seah
3 min readAug 3, 2021

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The Church of the Nativity at Upper Serangoon. Photo taken by author.

Once, a Director with a somewhat theological bent related a story to us, his younger colleagues.

I call it “The Cathedral Story”, and it goes like this:

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Shawn Seah

Singaporean writer and public speaker, passionate about education, social issues, and local history and community stories.