I agree that this can be true, but lack of physical work and lack of mental work can also be good for the spirit.

Your spirit isn’t the same as everybody else’s.

> Without the two, a person starts to decay

You might start to decay, but you’re not everybody.

> I think a ton of people who never did a days physical work in their life would benefit greatly if they were put to work,

And I think a ton of people who overvalue a days physical work should be made to sit quietly, do nothing, and chill the heck out.

Your gut reaction is to avoid it but but it makes you feel great physically and mentally, clears away some fog.

Doesn't mean we shouldn't rest our body and our soul.

I do not believe that a physical day’s work is needed for everyone and that most people who believe it’s necessary for themselves believe it because they don’t know and can’t imagine anything else.

The idea that people need to work is just boring and unimaginative to me.

If somebody has never had a physical day's work in their life, they are incompletely developed. "Unimaginative" you say, when there are thousands upon thousands of things you can do within the category physical work.

I'm from a place where there are a huge percentage of the population who have never done a day's work. From childhood to school to universities to office jobs. These people might be successful in measurements of wealth and income, but they also become stunted in many aspects of life. Just as somebody who never learns to write or read.