One of the privileges of being a leader is to be able to receive much inspiration directly from the leadership constantly. No one should ever miss out on a Word from Ps Tan when he speaks to the leaders. He never fails to renew our minds.
I was just thinking about people who just started to work. Many people seemed to have a fantasy of what work should be and somehow if things are not good, they would simply change jobs. Either their bosses are mean, or the work is boring, too difficult, colleagues are gossipy, office politics too strong, cannot see the future of the company, poor salary, no one appreciates etc etc… the list goes on and eventually people develop stress and they think that running away from that job or simply putting aside every other thing to just do that ONE job will solve everything.
I think like most Singaporeans, we are often being told to be someone great but never told much about the hard work, persecutions and unfairness that we need to go through in order to grow to be someone responsible. When people find that the work or education “system” is unfair, they choose to run away from the “system” instead of thinking how they can learn from it.
Some friends are stressed when they cannot do well in studies, some friends are stressed when they cannot see progress that is fast enough. Many people ignore the fact that they should not just look far but look at their current situation, change their mindset and make the best of the situation.
For the first half a year in my first job after university, like most colleagues, I can complain about the unfairness of the boss, the tight deadlines, the uninteresting clients, the ulu offices I have to travel to on my own, the poor salary and the lack of training etc… but instead each day I find myself desperately confessing the joy of God and wisdom for my daily work. To my surprise, I find myself learning so much, much more than what I learn in Uni. And I got promoted and increments earlier than all my other colleagues who are complaining and always looking for other opportunities to run away. At the same time, despite tight deadlines, I was always able to attend my favourite cell group meetings and weekend services and serve in a ministry. Come to think of it, if not for a seemingly bleak future in the audit industry, I may not think bout jumping out of the system to be a teacher which inspired 6 years of my life and i never regretted.
Live your life as a bond servant to Him because He is our good Master who will teach us responsiblity but always love us..
