SCRIPTURE:

Genesis 2: 7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Genesis 3:17

Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it':

"Cursed is the ground for your sake;
In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life."

Thomas 50

Yeshua says,
Suppose you are asked, "Where have you come from?" say, "We have come from the Light at its source, from the place where it came forth and was manifest as Image and Icon."

Matthew 6: 27-29

Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

"So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;

and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

READINGS:

A man grows most tired while standing still.

Chinese Proverb

The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do.

Anonymous

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

Brooks Atkinson

What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?

Gerald Barzan

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

Robert Benchley