I MADE a point yesterday on a young man’s decision to live
with a master and learn more than to find a well-paid job and learn less (Samuelson
and Hemingway).
Yesterday evening
I sent an SMS message to a relative. He told me that others in the big city
were interested in hiring him for a job.
I asked
him to think over his choice.
In ten
years time, would the job take him closer to his personal dreams and goals –
some of which were impressed by the Father himself?
Today, I
got a call from a former colleague who was offered a job “out of the blue” and
does not know what to do.
She says
her current job pays her well but she thinks she is not doing enough.
I told her
to pray about it and make her decision.
She has to
decide for the job that would enable her to most useful. (Yes, often people are
paid a lot for doing very little while others do a lot and are not well remunerated.)
You know,
there are some jobs that will be offered us (if we have not yet) – where
conditions are so good, and yet they will take us far from what is in our
hearts, things that really matter, things that will advance the cause of
others, things that will stand the test of time.
I trust
the colleague will make the right choice.
I told
her, once you make your choice, you cannot complain when things do not go right
- you have to carry them and move.
May we all
learn from that.
Cheers.
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