In America, there are many ways to make a living. Having a job to drive to each morning may not be your idea of a perfect day. That is fine. But the basis of income generation is ‘a job.’ Having a job is a gift, recognize it as such.

I have five reasons to look at a job as a gift to be enjoyed.

1. Having a steady job builds structure into your life.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success! David O. McKay

From this moment on, you will recognize your job as a gift. Now with a job to go to each morning structure will be built into your daily routine. You would not rent or buy a house that was not structurally sound to make it your home. Why not? Because a structurally unsafe house does not allow peace of mind.

The gift of having a steady job brings order and peace into your life.

Except if your job requires working three rotating shifts.

I rotated three shifts for seventeen years. But, even in the disorder of my job schedule, it provided a pattern for me to follow. In the last five years of my twenty-two years at the factory, I enjoyed an all day-shift schedule. Hallelujah!

2. Your circle of influence will grow.

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses or the problems of modern society. Vince Lombardi

Having a job with people forces you to rub shoulders with who you would not usually get to know. This will increase your knowledge of how other people think. Your cacoon of self-indulgence will be ripped open. The eyes of understanding how the world works will be opened.

3. You will learn a new skill or improve the one you have.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau

The ability to do things you never dreamed of doing will become second nature to you. A job places a burden on you to perform above what you thought impossible, and that’s a good thing.

4. You’ll have more to talk about with family and friends.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love and something to hope for.” Allan K. Chalmers

Having a job broadens your conversations. You have more topics to discuss with others. A job makes you a member of the producing society of our country, making you a happy conversationalist.

5. Your income will be steady.

“Inch by inch, life’s a cinch. Yard by yard, life’s hard.” ― John Bytheway

Yea, I know $15.00 an hour seems not enough. But that’s $600.00 for a forty-hour workweek. If you put $25.00 in savings each week at the end of the year, you’ll have a $1,300.00 nest egg in the bank. If you’re thirty-five years old and single in one year, you will have saved what most have spent thirty-five years collecting. Here is the proof.

Slow and steady wins the race. I’m sure you’ve read the story of the Tortoise and the Hare. You should reread it before you sleep-in another day. The rabbit took a nap on his race with the turtle, to the rabbit’s surprise when he crossed the finish line, the turtle welcomed him — a simple story with a massive lesson for us to embrace.

With the steady income, money in the bank, you will experience satisfaction with the direction your life is taking.

The word, BANK has several definitions. One is the location you store your money. The other is a bank along a river. Saving money builds banks along your river of life securing a better financial future for you.

My wife and I are not rich, never made astronomical sums of money, but we are living a comfortable retirement. How did this happen? Little by little, inch by inch, we put money aside for when our final workday would end. We are happy, content, and fulfilled living in retirement.

A steady job will:

1. Build structure in your life. Having a job is a privilege; some people still wish to obtain
2. Your circle of influence will expand. Working at a job with others, we all win.
3. You will add new skills. By conscious endeavor on the job, you’ll elevate your life to a new level.
4. Joining conversations with others will be easier for you. You will enjoy the essentials of happiness, which are; “something to do, something to love and something to hope for.”
5. You will have money saved. Your wishful thinking will be replaced by the ‘inch by inch’ principle of savings piling up in your bank account.

A happy bee is one with honey in the hive. Happy you are with money in the bank.

• Do you see the job you have as a gift?
• What are you prepared to do to change your attitude towards the job you have?

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Thank you for reading.

Richard