Work

The value of work is the work itself. My practice entails routine and planned work. Usually this work involves simple and routine maintenance of my environment. Weeding the garden, painting the fence, sweeping the stairs. Absorption in simple and regular tasks is meditative and curative. The idle mind, when not engaged in tasks, meditation or learning, is prone to negative influences and worthless obsessions. Too often, work is equated with the earning of money. The work of living well is more fulfilling than working for money.