The Joy of Work

I GIVE THANKS FOR MY PERPETUAL ENTHUSIASM. I HAVE FAITH TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT OUGHT TO BE DONE BY ME.

To be enthusiastic—to enjoy the tasks life presents to you, rather than dragging yourself through them—is the difference between living and merely existing.

Many of our great creative workers devoted long hours to their jobs, yet they were not driving themselves in the exhausting, negative way that people today often do. Edison worked eighteen to twenty hours a day. He was so absorbed and fascinated with his projects that they weren’t work to him. Through this steadfast power of effort, coupled with enthusiasm, Edison changed the world for the better.

Your day, your work, and your world will be changed and made new as you put intense interest and enthusiasm into what you are doing.

And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands. (Psalm 90:17)

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