Chop wood and carry water.
Wash dishes for a bunch of monks for thirty years.
If The Practice of the Presence of God hadn’t been written several hundred years ago, in Europe, by a man who obviously loved Jesus, you’d think it was a New Age proof text.
The main difference, of course, is that chopping wood and carrying water because life has no purpose is depressing. Doing so because God is with you and enjoying your actions is encouraging. Not to make too much of it, but the Cross really does make people happier.
I wish I could read it again.
