You Matter
Whilst multi-tasking on the train today, i finally figured out why I would miss work - my internship at Hill + Knowlton - from time to time, despite me enjoying whatever i’m studying and the experiences i’m immersed in right now.
As much as I like discovering about the world in lectures and tutorials; sharpening my critical thinking skills and exposing myself to various schools of thought, work really enables one to put what you had learnt into practice. There is simply no use in hoarding all that knowledge like a reservoir and not being able to channel it to make change and impact society and the world.
But the thing that really strikes a raw nerve about missing work about be the almost instant gratification you get when you complete a task, or when you get commended for handing in good work or you see tangible results. You attain a sense of elation and satisfaction quite often, and it keeps you going - it keeps you happy. This is sometimes sadly starkly contrasted with my ministry in church, whereby many a times you invest so much in a person’s life - as you try your darnest to give of yourself - yet nothing seems to be moving, nothing transformed. There are times that shove you to a breaking point, as the doors of one’s heart are locked, unperturbed.
However, I made a decision today. A decison that whenever I miss work, I will remind myself that any work I endeavour upon should never be task-oriented or result-oriented, but people-oriented.
Focus on people in all things, because people matter.
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