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May 1964

What--No Work?

A certain man worked all his life, and all his life he complained about his work--about the job, his boss, his fellow workers, about the very fact that he had to work at all. But one day he died and went to Another World where he was met by a Shining Guardian Spirit. "In this Place," said the Guardian Spirit, "You may have everything you wish just by wishing for it. But there is one thing you will never do here, and that is work. Work is forbidden here."

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