Hullo
Bethberry,
Exactly what I was driving at, my friend! At the back of my mind, I was thinking of the Rule of St. Benedict, with all its balance between ORA ET LABORA, prayer and work, wherein it is said:
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Being Benedictine is not so much about doing as being.
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(above quote taken after a quick search from a cached internet website:
http://216.239.35.100/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8 )
Thus, your phrasing, though mischievous, is based on ancient and elegant wisdom. * bows *
I'd also had in mind those Biblical allusions along the lines of God creating the world and on the seventh day He rested, keeping holy the Sabbath Day, and "man was not made for the Sabbath, but rather the Sabbath was made for man."
At your Service,
Gandalf the Grey