I fully agree with Rihana that the Lama's job is the "world's most difficult job!'
Most Lamas are highly Evolved and Enlightened Beings, who come back lifetime after lifetime as our spiritual teachers and guides ; to listen to all our tiresome 'problems ', advise us (and do we listen ?), to teach us, to set us on the right path, to correct our flaws , to transform our minds, care and love us. Not just a few of us, but to everyone who seeks the Lama's help.
The Lama is the personification of Compassion, Living Kindness and Wisdom, and all he ever wants from us is to practice the Dharma and achieve attainments that we eventually be Enlightened. He has sacrificed everything in the material world and his own comfort for us, he even takes upon himself our sicknesses and negative karma so we may be safe .
He is patient and he never gives up on us. He has to come up with with different ways to handle different difficult students. He coaxes, persuades, screams, shouts - just to get us to 'wake up' from our own delusions. He has to plan specific tasks to individuals to bring out our fullest potential ( yes he recognises what we are individually capable of , even if we don't know ourselves ), holds our hands , shows us step by step how to achieve these assignments.
He gives away to deserving causes, all the donations he receives. He ensures that we do not go hungry, sick, cold or homeless. He ensures that we benefit from the Dharma and most importantly, he ensures that we have good rebirths when we die.
His unconditional love for us goes beyond any other love one can receive or expect - not even from our own parents. It is not duty that the Lama does all this for us - it is out of pure Compassion !
I cannot possibly imagine what it is like for the Lama, what he goes through for us and does for us, is just the tip of the iceberg.