Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Work is a substitute religious experience for many workaholics.
I don't think my work is about the spiritual life, but it certainly touches on it.
Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.
Work is therapy for the soul.
Religious work is one of the best ways to keep from facing your reality if you are Christian, if you are using it to calm the pain, because that it what all addictions are, attempts to cover the pain of this spiritual disease.
Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
My life is extremely full and wretchedly busy, and I feel that while my life drains energy from my work, my work in turn drains energy from my life. The result is, I am always playing catch-up spiritually. That is my thorn.
Spirituality lies in what you do and how you do it and not what result you get.
I think 'work' is anything I'm doing with intention and purpose. There is absolutely no negative connotation to the word 'work' for me - I feel lucky that I get to wake up every day and spend my days doing things I believe in.
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