Work

What constitutes hard work? Does sitting at a desk in front of a computer constitute hard work? Does attending meetings in board rooms constitute hard work? Does counting money and scheming to make more constitute hard work? Does bathing an invalid constitute hard work? Does cleaning kitchens, bathrooms and public spaces constitute hard work? Does carrying heavy objects all day constitute hard work? Does building or maintaining a building constitute hard work? I hear the words "work hard" and "hard work" bandied about quite a bit in the media. Usually these words are used in relation to making money by those who have made a lot of it. Does making peace rather than war constitute hard work? Does giving rather than taking constitute hard work? Does preventing your own fear from being harsh or inhuman to others constitute hard work? I find it very hard work to do that which is more compassionate or more righteous thing over that which comes easily to me. That is why it takes conscious practice on my part to choose hard work over habit or impulse.