While other bloggers are setting people up for failure this Labor Day, I hope that I can set up people for success.
Do you have a job today? If you do, please take a second to give thanks for it.
For me, and many others, it’s by far the largest source of income. And, as unemployment flirts with double digits, it’s fragile.
It’s a gift to work. It’s not always pleasant or convenient, but it is a gift.
Indeed, be thankful. I lost my job about two weeks ago. In a state with the highest unemployment rate in the country (I think). Right now, I’m thankful that I have the education and degree to get back into things quickly.
Danielle: Oh, man. We’ll pray for you.
I’d take it a step further and thank your boss too. If she’s the owner of your company I’m betting she’s feeling stressed and working very hard to keep everyone employed. A boss who’s also an employee is getting squeezed between the owners (or stockholders) and his staff while also wondering if his job is safe.
At least once a day I see an employee act as if they don’t want (or need) their job. We have the highest unemployment rate in the country (yeah, I see you laughing over there Detroit) and you can’t bring a great attitude to your job?
Be thankful but, more importantly, act thankful everyday.
Betty
[ “If you do, please take a second to give thanks for it… It’s a gift to work…” ]
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Give thanks to whom (??)
— Your Boss ? Obama ? Congress ? Bernake ? Your Aunt Tilly ? Mother Nature ?
Hate to seem rude, but this thanks/gift rhetoric is nonsense. Few working Americans view their jobs as “gifts” from anybody. Nor should they.
Selling one’s labor in the market is a routine, but personal economic initiative.
What point were you really trying to make ?
Betty: Very good points. Thank you!
@Lathrop “Selling one’s labor in the market is a routine, but personal economic initiative.”
And when you’re the seller in a buyer’s market you need to be anything BUT routine.
How true! My husband and I give thanks for our jobs every day! I still have many family and friends who are still looking for jobs. Its tough out there!