What's Up in Heaven?

I once asked an old wise man: How do we work in heaven?

And he answered:

You do not work in heaven, it is much of a temple, worship is done there. You work in paradise, it is much like earth, yet even much greater. But you will not work for bread, manna is all around, it is free, and it leaves no residue. They don’t have comfort rooms there, nothing defiles in that place. You will again tend and keep your home garden which had been your noble assignment since the beginning of your great grandfather’s time. Of course, not as a farmer, but more of a landscape artist. The animals, you will rule over them; but you will also have to take care of them because they are your next best friends. You may assign them to their appropriate places to add beauty and impact on the sceneries you have created. The people, the Almighty will rule over them; but, they will be your buddies, you will love their compliments, as much as they will love yours.

Meantime, get to know your mother earth. Know the nature of trees and herbs; know the needs of great and small animals; learn to deal fairly with your own kind, lest you be deprived of that great and noble work.

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"Blessed is he who has found his work, let him ask no other blessedness. "- Thomas Carlyle, Past & Present (1843)