Then we
would get our other brothers and sisters
ready for school. Around six o’clock in the
morning raining or shining we would start
walking to work. My job was around three
miles one way, I remember some morning it
was so cold, when I would reach my job I
felt as if I was froze. Never the less, we
work and worked hard.
We
didn’t have the opportunity to get an
education, like you all have today. So
because of lack of skills our jobs only paid
us two dollars a week. We would work all of
the week and when we came home on Friday we
would give our father fifty cents of that.
There
is no excuse not to do a good job in these
days, no excuse. When you can go right
outside and turn on your cars and let it
warm up and turn on the heat and drive to
work, or you can walk right out to the
nearest corner and catch the city bus.
So many times today we make excuses for our
poor performance. We place very
little value on time. If we are careless
with time it will slip away. It is
important today to recognize the
opportunities that we have as Americans have
and value our jobs and the wages we earn.
Your
job may or may not be what you want, but
remember that there are many people that
would love to trade places with you. Work
is an honor, not a chore. Many have slept
on the streets of our nations due to loss of
employment. So before we complain think
how fortunate you are.
In our
culture we are able to go on jobs that have
some kind of comfort. Just look around, you,
I’m sure you can find something to
understand that we as a people have excess
whether extravagant or lavishness. We have a
place we can call work.
Goal Seeker
Time is
something you will never have to buy or even
ask for; it just comes with the gift of
life.
Use it
wisely and become the benefactor of a
favorable outcome. On every job whether
great or small always leave a legacy;
contributions you make in life are the
summation of how you spent your time.
