The breath goes out of a person and he or she is cremated or buried, reducing the body back to the basic elements. Living persons contain the ruach, the life giving power of the creation. The third key to understanding spirituality of work is our role in creation. The first commandment God gave people was to put them in charge of the creation. Thus, we are co-creators with God in the creation.
Work is a spiritual exercise.
Spirituality of work has these four elements, which are embedded in the Creation myth. First, the creation itself is in a constant struggle to stay alive and not revert to void. Ours is not an easy world to live in. It runs out of energy. It reverts to formlessness.