Work does not actually, in the end, really achieve. Quickly or slowly the results of our toil are wiped away by history. The person who takes up your work after you may undo all you have done (Ecclesiastes 2:21). Second, work and achievement fail a subjective test—they never fully satisfy. Work brings grief and pain. You are up early and late to bed, often unable to sleep even at night and filled with the feeling that the work is not really all that well done.
