I came across this some time ago (via Sramana Mitra) and thought it was a good read and great perspective.  This is taken from a 2005 Steve Jobs commencement address at Stanford.  Here's a couple of quotes that I thought were share worthy given lots of news of layoffs these days:

"I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple
was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness
of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner
again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most
creative periods of my life."

And this one…

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way
to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the
only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found
it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart,
you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just
gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you
find it. Don’t settle."