as tiring, sometimes tedious and often boring, and sometimes even as a waste of our time, energy, and resourcefulness.
However...
We never tire of serving (read helping) people. We can spend oodles of time doing things that we know will bring relief and happiness to people, and not even feel the passage of time. We feel good and not one bit tired when we work straight through for days on end trying to help people reconstruct their lives after some calamity. We have no trouble in giving of ourselves to those who we know are in some kind of distress.
Should we look at all that we do at 'work', be it in an office or at home, as service, we will never feel tired or dispirited. There is no chance of our slipping into depression. Our energy levels will always be high, and importantly, we will feel strong about ourselves. For, all work is, in fact, service, no matter if we work in the private sector or public sector. If we think of what we do from 9 to 5 as serving people directly or indirectly, then that work becomes service. We are sure to find our mind opening up and becoming free and this feeling is the best of all.....the free mind and spirit...