A different perspective

[Angrboda]

My dad offered me $20 to rake leaves in his yard. 20 dollars. Right. Offer me $2,000 and I would've done it.

(Doing it out of love for your father might be even better.) 

There's a lovely image repeated twice in the Old Testament, which they use as a symbol of a peaceful and prosperous country. 

"Each man sat under his own vine and his own fig tree." 

It gets interpreted different ways (as everything in the Bible does), but to me it indicates:

1) to achieve peace, each person has to have his own sufficient plot of land, 

2) when people are well-adjusted, they will be satisfied with a sufficient plot of land and won't fight for more than they need, and

3) sitting outside peacefully is the goal, the thing toward which peace and prosperity (and spinning and toiling) aim.

Not exalting the gifted prevents quarreling.
Not collecting treasures prevents stealing.
Not seeing desirable things prevents confusion of the heart.

The wise therefore rule by emptying hearts and stuffing bellies, by weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.
If men lack knowledge and desire, then clever people will not try to interfere.
If nothing is done, then all will be well.

Laozi, Ch. 3