‘But in the end, it’s still just cleaning a table.’ ‘And therefore does not really signify on the cosmic scale of events?’ the man suggested. He smiled in response to the man’s grin, ‘Well, yes.’ ‘But then, what does signify? My other work? Is that really important, either? I could try composing wonderful musical works, or day-long entertainment epics, but what would that do? Give people pleasure? My wiping this table gives me pleasure. And people come to a clean table, which gives them pleasure.
