Love Your Life?
Confucius said something
profound many years ago, and it is truly ageless; “Find a job you love and
you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”
Really, could there possibly be anything more indubitable about the
essence of life? I find this to be
especially relevant to me. I have
discovered that when I am working on something that I enjoy, the time just
seems to fly and I notice a real sense of accomplishment. I relish the time spent and actually
anticipate another challenge. I love
what I am doing!
For
many people, finding a career begins when they enter college. Choosing something just because, “These
classes are so easy!” or, “Hey man, this job makes really big bucks!”, may
greatly affect your life. If you do not
choose something you enjoy, will you really want to wake up every morning and
seize the day? Will you be able to look
at yourself in the mirror and like what you see, will you have, “sold
out”! When reality knocks on your door,
and it will, you will suddenly realize that you must go to work every day until you retire, doing a mundane job that brings no joy to your life.
Should
you be lucky enough to find something that you genuinely enjoy and make a
career of that, will you really be working?
For example, major athletes paid to play the sport they love, are they
really working? You love interacting
with children, you choose to be a teacher.
Will it really feel like work when a child peers into your eyes and
says, “Wow, now I get it”? Sailing and
feeling the warm sun, the wind, and the salt spray, whipping your face may
bring you true joy. Would the marine
biologist fighting to free that whale caught in the fishing net be a job to
you? Doing what we love! It brings endless fascination and
anticipation to every day. If you happen
to be lucky enough to be well paid for your efforts, even better, but it is
certainly not necessary for happiness.
Finding
yourself working at a job for material compensation only might very well bring
you a life of misery. Money can bring
you nice cars and beautiful homes, all the perks, and many will think you have
it all. But, will it truly bring you
pleasure and contentment? When it comes to
a relationship, will you know they love you or, perhaps, love your money?
Can your job
choice really affect your future?
Absolutely, I believe most would say.
I’m a happy person and I love to be active. If I got stuck with a dreary office job, that
would be terrible, I might have to commit harry carey. I want to wake up in the morning with a big
‘o smile on my face, ready for work. I
want to enjoy what I do so that I can be a good example for my family, and
support them in the best possible way. I
don’t want to have to wake up one day and realize, “I should-a, could-a,
would-a.” I just wanna hear the birds
sing, see the sun shining down, and smell the flowers on the warm scented
air. What-a life!
That is very true. Though i think that some people wouldn't mind just go to do a job, after all it is called "Work" for a reason. A person could do his or her job and then afterwords do a hobby they like. Though it does depend on the person.
ReplyDeletei was thinking about this the other day! it's true though, because when someone wakes up in the morning and says: "ugh, i have to go to work" it's usually because their job is boring or something and they hate it, but if someone woke up saying: "yes! work!" technically, you could just say it's not work, because they love doing it... but they'd have to be something super awesome, like, a professional chocolate buyer or something :)
ReplyDeleteahah ELIZA! professional chocolate buyer!? you were just talking about that! but that would be a pretty awesome job..as long as you got to eat it..
ReplyDeleteI think everyone should live by your advice because it’s so helpful and true. Many people’s first concerns about a job is how much money it makes. They don’t realize that as they grow older, money will be of absolutely no value to them and they’ll be counting the seconds before they retire from their horrible job. Being stuck in a job I hate for the next 50 years of my life would definitely make me depressed too. Overall it was a very nice and informative post.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rowann!
ReplyDeleteWow! Your words have struck me, i agree with everything you have said. We shouldn't get a job or consider a certain profession because of how much money we'll make; instead we should do something we would love to do for the rest of our lives. I couldn't have a job that I would hate, I would rather do nothing and be happy than to do something I know would never love.
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