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Peter could not assimilate the idea of work because the concept requires mixed feelings.
Work is often not very attractive, but we generally do it because we can mix our resistance to it in the moment with a commitment purpose we may have in mind for the long term.

Carl Jung explained that we tend to attack in others what we are most uncomfortable with in ourselves. When vulnerability is the enemy, it is attacked wherever it is perceived, even in a best friend.