A photo of a train i foundUnions....I have a love hate relationship with them. I like them b/c they increase your chances of getting good wages and things like benefits, and i hate them b/c as soon as you get a union involved, work ethic goes down the toilet for the most part. I am in a union now, or at least i will be when I am done my probation period. I like this job. There are more deductions and tax then i thought there would be, but the people are good so far and i am enjoying the work.
Ever get scared that you are going to end up like one of those people that you know who has nothing but work to talk about? Almost as if your job becomes more important to you than any other interests. I hope i don't get like that. I hope that I always have something bigger than work in my life. I love enjoying work. It is as satisfying a feeling as almost anything else in life. But i never want a job to be my identity...no matter how much I like it. That is what i see a lot of people doing in the 30's to 40's age group. Maybe when i am that age I to will talk about work like it is the focal point of my life. Maybe ....but i doubt it.
You see, I have had a rare sort of upbringing. My Dad threw his life into work and found in an ecclesiastic fashion that, at the end of the day, he really didn't have that much to show for all of his effort. Then my dad became a grampa, and then, for a while, quit work. Not to say that he quit to be around his grand kids, that wasn't exactly the case. However, he did spend a lot of time with them during the break... so, you do the math. It is almost like my old man, decided that work is satisfying in it's own right...but only in it's own right. My dad had a shot at big money when I was younger. He turned his back on it and faced his family. He decided that chasing down an injustice that would pay off handsomely was not worth the missed family time that it would take away. That was a great show of my dad's character. He is that type of guy. Through him and my mom i have learned to work hard at whatever i do (which is challenging sometimes), but also not to get wrapped up in work to the point that i need it for my value. I will never be "Cory the trackman", I will always be "Cory".
Anyways, that is enough for tonight. I'm tired from breaking all those hammers today.
1 comment:
Hey Cory,
I'm glad work is going well, I'm really happy that God has blessed you in these early years of marriage. As for talking about work alot, I think it is good that you want to make sure that your job never becomes the source of your identity. We need to look to God primarily for our identity to understand our worth, and to live according to that worth.
I wouldn't worry about talking about work alot though. I would hope that with certain people your conversations would progress to the deeper things in life, but if you enjoy your job, and th people that are there, there's no reason to avoid bringing it up in conversations. After all, it is your mission feild, right? You already know all this, just thought I'd drop in my two cents anyway... God Bless.
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