To me,working is a privilege. Several weeks ago nothing I could do but laid helplessly due to  dengue fever and minor attack of Salmonella Typhii (was it correct?. Couldn’t even walk straight. I needed someone taking care of me almost twenty four seven. I wasn’t paid. I even should pay for the hospital. It was time when I realize that working is the privilege for those who are healthy in body and mind.

We all can’t deny that working sometime turned into boredom. Especialy when it was all about routines, nothing connected to live and death matter. We all need to be heroic sometime and when no space for us to be one, in a while we become frustrated. On the contrary, we who deal with problems everyday could be frustrated as well, due to so many things to solve. And then we feel heavily burdened by our job and no longer be able to enjoy or even to think that it was a privilege, an honor.

Some months ago, I heard a preacher said that working is a curse. And if you read genesis 3, there’s stated that men was cursed to work due to his transgression, his sin. And he will toil the land till he come to what he was, ash. But I believe as a believer today, this curse has been broken by sacrifice of Christ. That makes working as something else. It’s no longer a curse, it’s a way mankind express their gratefulness to the Lord or a way to fullfil his/her purpose of living in this world. Working is chance to prove the existence as human being. It’s not always a work require blood and sweat to be poured out. It’s not always about man wearing black tie and coat and office bag. It’s not always about negotiating value or picking up the phone, paying a close watch to statistic. Working is not always about that.

Working should come in our mind as something different. I don’t know how to say it right but it should be an expression of heart content. Whether by picking up garbage on the street, helping our spouse to clean up the room, baking cakes for our children or merely watering the garden. Or it’s about doing our office work as good as we could. We could put our heart into each assignment that we have and not only as it needed. Sometime, we should walk a little more miles when we try to put our minds into it, but believe me. It’s worth it. When our works come from our heart and the enjoyment manifested, there we shall find that work is no longer a burden. It will be the end of your boredom. No longer as punishment. It’s a gift, a privilege given to human being to make their existence more meaningful.

Just a little thoughts on working, you may have other opinion. Please leave a comment if you don’t mind to share.

Happy working