“I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.” D.H. Lawrence
Feeling blue can sometimes be remedied by a small task whose conclusion offers results: cleaning a toilet, sewing a pillow, cooking a meal, preparing a lecture. It’s such a simple solution, I often ignore its truth. But the Bible reminds me that finding satisfaction in our work is a gift from God.
“That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.” Ecclesiastes 3:13