Working Life

An email to a fren who was complaining abt work..... : )

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yah can get a bit disillusion huh.... I guess in a competitive big organisation.. its always like that ...... we hv to show results quick....

I presume FSC will be quite different....... the pressure to show results and be fast is not so high.....

Actually I dnt think this is a uniquely XXX thing.... its wat big organisations are like..... and when there's too many projects ppl get lost in it

this thing abt meaning has been something I've been asking myself for quite awhile...... I dnt exactly find great meaning in the things that I do.... whether its going back to counselling in XXX or doing staff work....

but actaully..... do u think we can squeeze a meaning out of the things we do? There are alot of ppl out there... christian or non christians who are doing more mundane work then us.... and yet... they are not as grumpy as us abt their work.....

Yesterday, when I was talking bus back from BSF... the bus driver was smiling at every passenger that went up the bus... I was quite impressed!!

There was once I ask my co leader whether he finds it meaningless to study so hard..... and always so busy rushing here and there... and he said no.. cos of the opportunities he gets to talk to his classmates abt Christ.... that sets me thinking.....

I guess when it comes to work..... being able to enjoy it is a bonus and finding meaning in it somemore... is an added bonus

If this 2 things are impt to us then I guess we shld think abt how we can persue it.. if stability and money is more impt... then we'll hv to settle for something less... its all abt choice rite :p
we'll hv to psych ourselves up to accept the choice we make cos of the things we value....

I personally hv not figure up wat I value most in terms of work.... stability, money, enjoyment, meaning.....??

hmm.... maybe we shld do a self assessment and rank them for ourselves...... its a tough question to me.....and I think it will complicate things even further if we include relationship in the equation....

but ultimately.... we have to make sure that our work brings glory to God..... I've been reminded abt this again and again.... but I know its tough to achieve taht and yet refrain fr complaining.

last fri during alpha.... nicky gumbel mentioned in his video,... that we shld not leave our work or change job jus cos we feel like it..... leave only if God calls us to somewhere else... provided that we are willing to do wat he wants us to do... It is also because... God had put us in our current job with a purpose in the first place... so the decision to leave will hv to hinge on fulfilling God's purpose in the new place.

So perhaps we shld pray for God to show us where he want us to go.... and if there's no answer..... maybe we shld jus stay put and get the best out of the situation.... from where we are.

Easy to say.. difficult to do..... its a constant struggle.... Jus some sporadic tots on a tue morning.. cos I dnt really feel like working..... today I'm late for work somemore......:P