Lorebook: Work

Work (also called business) is productive and creative activity that results in positive changes/developments to the world around it. Many erroneously associate the mere idea of work with the idea of painfully difficult toil marked by confronting resistance, but these and other burdens of work are merely symptoms of the Trespass and False Fullness like most issues Somewhere Else. Work has existed since the times of Blisse but was actually marked there by pleasure and purpose, and the fruit of work was consistently positive. The Work of Blisse involved developing, joining in creative processes as inspired by the All-Creator, and enjoying, not merely preserving or guarding. While there are still positive experiences with work Somewhere Else, there are also negative ones. In work's corrupted state, labor does not always bear the extent of positive fruit intended to. Onward, when a renewed Somewhere Else and The Other Side unite, work will return fully to its original character.

Work comes in many different forms, such as fashioning, building, tracking, cultivation, artistry, fishing, cooking, and more. Some people do many forms of work, but most normally have one to a few principal calls, encouraging cooperation and trade, and most importantly encouraging giving, communion, and an understanding of purpose.

When someone has some main form(s) of work they do on a regular basis, that can be referred to as that person's job or trade (in reference to the fact that that form of work enables them to trade for the fruits of other forms of work).