Editorial January 10, 1948 Issue

WORK IS NATURAL

Paul Stark Seeley

Two men sat behind me on the bus one evening. We were all returning home from our day's work. They were talking about their hours of employment and their pay. One of them worked in a factory; the other was a plumber. The first told with some satisfaction how his hours of work had recently decreased and his pay check increased. The second then told how he was working an even fewer number of hours and receiving more pay than his friend.

A contrasting viewpoint is given in a letter I recently received, part of which reads: "I enjoy work. Often I am doing several jobs at once, but I don't feel overworked. I really love to work. Every day I say to God, 'Just let me work. That is the joy of life.'"

There may be circumstances where less work and more pay may be entirely just, but too often there is apparent in human thought an eagerness and willingness to do less and less work and get more and more pay. It is a mistake to believe that one is benefiting by demanding much and giving little. This is contrary to honesty and justice, and is an offense against the law of Principle, God.

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