Reformation
Our work is our contribution to the betterment of civilization. Our desire to work is in our inborn nature, our dignity, to lift up our self-esteem through labor. It is our natural pledge, and in keeping that pledge, we fulfill life’s furthest dream assigned to us as civilization demands it; hence, it functions by our labor. That feeling of fulfillment gives us the desire to make ourselves accountable.
As the vineyards keep flourishing, they keep their silent pledge to keep pace with life and the soul of life. That natural will is ingrained in them as it is in us. Since they have no empty feelings of idleness, we do. If we become idle, that empty feeling takes away our self-esteem, and the only way to lift it up is by our reformation, our self imposed remedy to better ourselves through labor.
As if you went to a doctor and he prescribed a pill for you to take to cure the emptiness brought on by your idleness. And the pill opened up your eyes to see inside the laborers’ hearts in the fields as they sang to the joy of labor. And in their joy, you saw yourself in their singing with them. From your misconception about labor being a curse written upon your brow, the sweat from your labor would wash away what was written. You would fill up your empty heart and become a valuable asset to the betterment of civilization and keep pace with the soul of life. Your reformation would be completed.
