Take this job and love it—and you thought I was going to quote the country song made famous by Johnny Paycheck, Take this Job and Shove It?
Since we are talking about our jobs, do you really like yours? I mean do you enjoy getting up and looking forward to your job? Or do you find yourself wishing you did not have to go to work?
Gallup did a survey and found that only 42% of Americans loved their jobs: definitely room for improvement.
There once was a wise man who said, “A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work.” If it is true, and I believe it is, then the world should stop (so to speak) until we start doing what we really want to be doing. The alternative is to keep doing what you are and being unhappy. What are you gaining by being unhappy? Nothing.
If one of the wisest men to ever live said that there is nothing better we can do in our lives than to be satisfied with our jobs, let’s not waste another day, week, or year being unhappy.
Yes I know there may be times in life when we have to do things we don’t like in order to accomplish our greater goals. But that does not mean it should consume our lives, or we will end up at the end of our time without having the satisfaction that was there for the taking. Now that would be a waste.
So what do you really want to do with the rest of your life?
The Gallup survey also found that the people most satisfied with their jobs were the ones who work in service-related occupations, helping others.
The same wise man also said this: “I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.” How about that! Doing good things is related to happiness on the job.
Are you ready to take the plunge? Maybe you have not even allowed yourself to dream about what you would like to do. Then start dreaming and after you have dreamed, take action. If you do not act on your dream, it will never become reality. You will be stuck in the same pattern of life until your time is done.
