Personally, I Have Nothing Against Work, Particularly

Cheerfulness, Up To And Including Delusion And False Hope, Has A Recognized Place In Medicine.

I Grew Up Hearing Over And Over, To The Point Of Tedium, That "hard Work" Was The Secret Of Success: "work Hard And You'll Get Ahead" Or "it's Hard Work That Got Us Where We Are." No One Ever Said That You Could Work Hard - Harder Even Than You Ever Thought Possible - And Still Find Yourself Sinking Ever Deeper Into Poverty And Debt.

I Complain To One Of My Fellow Servers That I Don't Understand How She Can Go So Long Without Food. "well, I Don't Understand How You Can Go So Long Without A Cigarette," She Responds In A Tone Of Reproach. Because Work Is What You Do For Others; Smoking Is What You Do For Yourself.

For A Long Time On Earth Humans Didn't Worship Good Gods; That's A New Idea. The Ancient Greek Gods, The Hindu Gods, Are Fairly Amoral, Most Of Them. We Get Stuck When We Insist That God Be Both Good And All-powerful.

The Nation Was Not Founded By Habitual Groupthinkers. But It Stands A Fair Chance Of Being Destroyed By Them.