Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18: Freedom through Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.10

na dveṣṭyakuśalaṃ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate | tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo medhāvī chinnasaṃśayaḥ ||

One who has truly relinquished, who is filled with clarity, wise, and free of doubt, neither hates disagreeable work nor clings to agreeable work.

Modern context

The true relinquisher does not hate unpleasant work or cling to pleasant work. This is a very practical test. Most of us love some tasks and dread others. The free person does both with the same steadiness. Washing dishes and giving a speech, filing paperwork and creative work: all are done with the same even mind.