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mance Trust Fund ear University). ng th. ket or lawn chair. at 747â€"8769. Galler 6â€"5829 fun to watch) IELLERY RTISTS tennial * N2L 188 riment at Ity Wimtip mss rwes. w~ Perfecting a Piece of the World (Addison Wesley, $28.95 hc} is about Arthur Imperatore, whose APâ€"A trucking company is the envy of the transportation industry for its productivity and profit. Journalist (and Buddhist layworker) David Rounds interviewed Arthur hoping to uncover the source of his success. The title says it all. Mr.Imperatore uses a quote from Teillard de Chardin: By his fidelity every man must build â€" starting with the most natural territory of his own self â€" a work, an opus, into which something enters from all the elements of the earth. He makes his own ,s%bthroughout all his earthly days; and at the same time he colfaborates in another work, another opus, which infiâ€" nitely transcends, while at the same time it narrowly deterâ€" 1 haven‘t decided if Habitat has "crossover" potential. Perhaps building homes is more attractive than building public spaces. The only answer to my musing on motivation was that spiritual quality, which by definition is personal and nebulous. While I‘m quite sure that some of those 400 volunteers are not churchâ€"going Chrisâ€" tians, | suspect none of them would deny the spiritual sense of felâ€" lowship they shared last week. ‘A chance encounter with an excerpt of a book due out in September confirmed this for me. Which got me to thinking...could the same energy be focused on other projects? Is it possible to renovate runâ€"down houses, or build institutions such as schools, art galleries or museums, with volunâ€" teer labor? What is it about Habitat that draws people from thou sands of miles away, using their own retirement or holiday time, to work for something without direct benefit for them. PESHND Te iB Picladtcttef stt lnibnidiict Ashtvtls n icaclc 4d Tuesday. Thrilled by the friendly energy of some 400â€"plus volunâ€" teers sharing a common purpose. And thrilled to be close to a for mer US president. It‘s been a long time since you read the news about something as good as this. Even days later, I‘m still in awe of the planning and organization that preceded the building blitz, and of the spiritual underpinnings, never blatant but undeniable, of the whole project. Perfecting a piecgof the world 1 was thrilled to be on the Habitat fofi-iumanity worksite last old o c m hn s se e ds i M T °8 For Reservat®~" " _ Casa NW2 RestaUl ant 56 Kmng St. North wWaterl00» Ontario ~Lsaptel For Res_ervat‘\ons 0_ T n ’ s CC 0 (at King & princes$ streets) & 888-776'\ A c sa>rm staurant Q f\g A e .nN orth NKN j;m :\ ~tar10 TCP# es "'-‘“V;é"‘ Z’ F{L Part, if not all, of Habitat for Humanity‘s success can be traced to this. As they say, their work is a hand up, not a handâ€"out. The families who will benefit from the largesse of all those volunteers and donors have worked just as hard on their own homes. Donor and recipient are on a level playing field. And both have tasted the heroisgm that comes with perfecting a piece of the world As Arthur explains: "That‘s what | see in working people, like the sweeper outside, that they need security, but their security is not limited to physical survival. It‘s a spiritual survival. I‘ve seen in peoâ€" ple a quest for immortality...! truly believe what | learned earty in the game, that working people need a bigger purpose in life." The book goes on to explore how his company has been so sucâ€" cessful by putting this philosophy into practice. Arthur regards the decline of the North American manufacturing sector as due to ignoring the spiritual needs of workers. "In this country we treat people in a way like chattels. Most businesses do. ...! don‘t believe they ever, ever recognize that they have employees who have a stake, who live and breathe and eat and have sex and live lives that are potentially distinguished, if not heroic." Chuck Erion is a Waterloo bookseller amd freelance writer mines, the perspective of his individual achievement: the comâ€" pleting of the world. 6 WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1993 â€" PAGE 15 _ . NETWORK . mAE Aames STAGS, STAGETTES, BIRTHDAYS, DIVORCES, RETIREMENT or any other occasion Just Call and Leave the Rest To Us Only at: Waterioo Network Miss Nude Latin America July 26 to 31 _ MARLINA PRESLEY Hot! New Luscious Lady Show Times 12â€" 30 This Week‘s Feature SIERRA WILDE Coming: _ August 2 to 7