Tomorrow
"So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring it's own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today"
- Jesus
Just listening to a co-worker talk about how she is so close to retirement but how much she hates her job breaks my heart. But she can't quit yet because she'd lose out on a pension and be short on collecting Social Security. This, to me, highlights how America's system can potentially lead us to disregard the advice/commands of our creator. Not that planning is bad. I am not trying to suggest that. I am saying that we put ourselves through undue hardship worrying about tomorrow. Perhaps less focus on retirement and more on today's impact is the focus we must have. For me, this means realizing I am at Ameren today and this is the work the Lord has put before me today.
Note: I just got the BlogPress app for my iPhone so I can blog a bit more off the cuff because I just have not been writing since I started work. So my posts will be more often, but also more 'thought' than 'statement.' I still hope to put out logical ideas and truths that are challenging to me and others. Good Tuesday to you all!
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Let me but do my work from day to day,
In field or forest, at the desk or loom,
In roaring marketplace or tranquil room,
Let me but find it in my heart to say, when vagrant wishes beckon me away,
"This is my work, my blessing, not my doom,
Of all who live, I am the one by whom
This work may best be done in the right way."
Then shall I see it not too great nor small
To suit my spirit and to prove my powers
Then shall I cheerful turn to greet the laboring hours
And cheerful turn when long shadows fall
To play and love and rest
Because I know for me, my work is best.
--Henry van Dyke
Memorized that poem in middle school. Since I have a tedious, grunt work sort of job, it was good for me to be reminded of it by your post. Perhaps because our sense of community is diminishing, & it's harder to see the practical effects of our jobs, I think a lot of Americans feel very little direction or satisfaction in their work.
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