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The fool sits back and takes it easy, His sloth is slow suicide.
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One handful of peaceful repose Is better than two fistfuls of worried work - More spitting into the wind.
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I turned my head and saw yet another wisp of smoke on its way to nothingness:
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a solitary person, completely alone - no children, no family, no friends - yet working obsessively late into the night, compulsively greedy for more and more, never bothering to ask, "Why am I working like a dog, never having any fun? And who cares?" More smoke. A bad business.
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It's better to have a partner than go it alone. Share the work, share the wealth.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.