I have been having a recent discussion with my brother over Christmas about jobs. A lot of people do jobs that they don’t often enjoy but that give them the opportunity to create the sort of life they want around their jobs.
It is the purpose of our education system to create a well-rounded child who is not afraid of the world and who has had the opportunity to explore and learn and appreciate, a child who looks at the world as what they can give to it rather than how much they can make and what they can take.
Other pressures come into our lives as we grow up that often cloud our own personal judgement; peer pressure, fear of failure, parental pressure, money to name a few and there are undoubtably others. Maybe though, this is something that can be changed in 2021- a new start and a new aspiration to find a job that you love, and then all the rest of life can fall into place!
Though COVID the real stars have been revealed not as the ones with the most likes on Instagram or a double page spread in Hello but the quiet, hardworking souls who have risen up to rightfully have their time in the limelight.
My mother has always told me that I must do any job, however menial, with love and then it will be done well. Love and kindness will then flow out, like ripples in a river. Maybe this is something that we can all aspire to bring into our lives more, and it’s free! If you can find something you love to do and make it your life then you’re more motivated, you do the job better and it feels like Christmas every day of your life! It is within reach for all of us.
