Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Work to live, not live to work.
Tomorrow marks my first year at MA, and all I can say is that time flies. Some people say how lucky I am and what a great job I have. I don’t deny it and I know I’ve been abundantly blessed. The past 12 months has been nothing short of an exciting and insightful journey.
That said, I’m certainly not exempted from the challenges and difficulties that come with every job. There have been days when I was totally thrown off guard, frustrated, disillusioned, and like most employees, felt exploited and overworked.
These thoughts and feelings can get rather intensely insane at times, and it hit me today, on the 364th day of my career as a writer, that I cannot and will probably never find a job that makes me feel happy and accomplished every single day. The perfect job which we all crave for – the one with the super nice colleagues, manageable workload, understanding boss, great pay – is a dream which we need to wake up from. Not because it’s impossible to find, but because we sometimes just need to appreciate what we’ve already found.
These days, I make it a point to start my work day with a prayer. If you, like me, are in need of that gentle tug from God every morning, offer up your job to Him and remember to count your blessings!
O my God, in union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I offer You the precious Blood of Jesus from all the altars throughout the world,
Joining with it the offering of my every thought, word and action of this day.
O my Jesus, I desire today, to gain every indulgence and merit I can,
And I offer them, together with myself, to Mary Immaculate,
That she may best apply them in the interests of Your most Sacred Heart.
Amen.
Posted by Jo at 11:35 PM
