There are some people who think they do not like to work. They think work is irksome. They tolerate it simply because it seems necessary to human existence, but they look forward to retiring from active work just as soon as they feel their living is secure without it.
In its rightful sense, work is activity devoted to accomplishment. Almost everyone has the desire to contribute something at least toward the sum total of good in human experience—to leave at least some little corner in the world better than he found it. It is right that it should be so. It would be sad indeed to think that there are many people in the world who have no desire to live helpfully; who are content to use up more than they leave.
Christian Science is of incalculable aid in giving one a right sense of direction and a correct view of work. "The song of Christian Science is, 'Work—work—work— watch and pray,'" says Mary Baker Eddy (Message to The Mother Church for 1900, p. 2). According to Christian Science, work is joyous, never irksome; continuous, never ending; successful, never failing. It is the activity of Mind. Mind is God, and man is the reflection of God. Therefore, man works by reflection. Strictly speaking, if it were possible for man to cease working in this right sense, he would cease to exist. Man does not do the working. God does it, and man reflects God.
