What kind of work do you do? What kind of worker are you? Are you the Vice President of some investment firm in a big cite somewhere, influencing the lives of your clients? Are you a retail salesperson, struggling to make your next sale? Are you a customer service advocate, trying to resolve the obstacle, challenges, issues, objections, and problems that we have before or after purchasing a product or a service? Are you a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) with compassion for those who need help getting dressed, dining, vital signs, or just living their lives? What is the one thing that these vocations have in common?
The common factor is not compensation as the VP of an investment firm probably earns exponentially more than the other three. These vocations touch other peoples’ lives, but that is really a moot point because almost all work touches other people (even if you are a ditch digger, the ditch probably had to be dug because the flat land was having some sort of negative effect on somebody). The common factor is not benefits because the VP probably gets more time off or the company may cover their insurance cost.
The common factor is not education, although education may link these vocations more closely that one thought on the surface. To becomes the Vice President, a four-year degree may have been required or the equivalent of that degree in years of work. To become the retail sales person, extensive training on what is being sold is probably required, as is with the customer service advocate. CNAs must observe a rigorous training to be certified to do their work, although certainly not 4 years. The amount of education is different for each vocation, but some type of training or education links these vocations.
But the real answer of what these vocations truly have in common is the same as with all vocations: ALL WORK IS HONORABLE. If you want to work, you are an honorable person. If you want to work, but can’t because of personal circumstances (health, caretaker of family, etc.), you are still an honorable person. And regardless of what kind of work you do (if it is legal), ALL WORK IS HONORABLE.
What is dishonorable is not wanting to work, more commonly known as laziness. Some people cannot work because of family responsibilities and circumstances. That is different from not wanting to work. During the Great Depression back in the 1920s and 1930s, many, many, people wanted to work, but the circumstances were such that there was no work to be had or done. They were still honorable people because they wanted to work. Some people try to take shortcuts to get out of work. They gamble what possessions they do have, hoping to get more without laboring for it. Or they do something illegal like robbery, theft, or become a courier of illegal contraband.
Whatever vocation you choose (and everyone has a choice), choose to do it well and your life will have peaceful satisfaction of a job well done.
Arlen R. Crawford
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Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. Colossians 3:23
