disconnect from the harsh reality
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my lack of passion for my work is a disconnect from the harsh reality that millions are currently unemployed, homeless, victims of disasters or calamities and in abject poverty. while millions are in such situation, i am taken my job for granted and without deepest appreciation that in return i really must work hard. i don't do much at work. i am just barely working and just enough to avoid being taken to the woodshed, so to speak. but then there is no woodshed anyway and the management are too afraid to take me to task and ask me to do more. the management has no magic formula to fire me or even to motivate me. this is the first time that i have been in a job and in the same location for 8 years. it used to before this job, i moved around to different places and distant locations too and have different jobs and challenges every 2 to 3 years. yes my primary job then in the navy was in financial, but i do other things too such as training officer, career counselor, safety officer, watch officer, disaster preparedness officer and many other jobs that took me away from drudgery and monotony of just one job. in between those jobs, the navy sent me to school too or training exercises. i have been privileged to attend the naval war college and graduated with distinction. i have been privilege to attend the first two years of college while the navy was paying me my salary and allowances. i have been privileged to go to school at night while the navy was paying 75 percent of my tuition and finally graduating with a bs degree in management, cum laude. the navy was a great job. it was hard work but hard play too. it was easy for me then in allowing myself to be taken by women or loved or played by women because i know or we both know that it won't last forever and that in few months, or a year or two - i am gone for good never to be seen and heard again. its true then that never to be heard again because there was no internet then yet. perhaps atrophy is the best word to describe my current predicament and lack of passion for my work. or i am just at a temporary point of my life that i settled for my work because it pays well and it does not matter that it does not provide me the profound satisfaction of knowing that i have done my best for the day. but the drudgery of my job won't last that long. i see myself in exactly two years from now walking away from this well paid job and venturing into the third or fourth act of my life. money is not everything they say. but i am walking away with a substantial nest eggs put aside made possible by my job. |
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10/20/2009 10:31 pm |
just walk with faith and integrity
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10/21/2009 1:44 am |
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10/21/2009 6:12 am |
ANTONIO.. ur lucky to have had the chance to study, work and earn MORE than u can ever imagine.. others weren't as lucky and privileged as u have been.. be THANKFUL that u were given that "rare opportunity" to use your God-given talents to its maximum potential.. money isn't everything.. but i have always believed that HUMILITY is a virtue that puts man's resilience to a test.. and it won't make anyone LESS of a person, if he were to live a HUMBLE life.. take care ...
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 10/21/2009 12:04 pm |
ANTONIO.. ur lucky to have had the chance to study, work and earn MORE than u can ever imagine.. others weren't as lucky and privileged as u have been.. be THANKFUL that u were given that "rare opportunity" to use your God-given talents to its maximum potential.. money isn't everything.. but i have always believed that HUMILITY is a virtue that puts man's resilience to a test.. and it won't make anyone LESS of a person, if he were to live a HUMBLE life.. take care ... i agree about the humility being a virtue. but how would one be one on the blogslandia? i guess one must not say enough or just say to little about oneself. i would rather have you tell alot about yourself so i would have an idea of a person you are and the sacrifices and the challenges you have been to. in return i would not be judgemental if you are just being to boastful about yourself. it would be really helpful to know who you are by virtue of sharing a lot of things about yourself including your achivements - and most especially. thanks for your visit and sharing your thoughts!
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10/21/2009 4:11 pm |
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10/21/2009 4:12 pm |
just walk with faith and integrity
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10/22/2009 12:13 am |
i agree and i am thankful of my blessings. money was never everything to me. if it were, i would be rich by now by any standards. i agree about the humility being a virtue. but how would one be one on the blogslandia? i guess one must not say enough or just say to little about oneself. i would rather have you tell alot about yourself so i would have an idea of a person you are and the sacrifices and the challenges you have been to. in return i would not be judgemental if you are just being to boastful about yourself. it would be really helpful to know who you are by virtue of sharing a lot of things about yourself including your achivements - and most especially. thanks for your visit and sharing your thoughts! BOASTFUL? me? i'm not the one who's been getting negative feedbacks abt HIS blogs and all.. backtrack a little, my fwen  u must've mistaken me for someone elseif u really want to learn more abt me, try these figures for a change.. four twentyfour two hundred forty five, sixty two and fifty four.. let's talk ourselves silly if u want to  il be here just make sure ur gonna be up for ittake care..
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10/22/2009 5:24 am |
antonio, BOASTFUL? me? i'm not the one who's been getting negative feedbacks abt HIS blogs and all.. backtrack a little, my fwen u must've mistaken me for someone elseif u really want to learn more abt me, try these figures for a change.. four twentyfour two hundred forty five, sixty two and fifty four.. let's talk ourselves silly if u want to il be here just make sure ur gonna be up for ittake care..its not easy for me to like someone unless i know something about her. i just don't go for the looks and the single virtue of humility.
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10/22/2009 6:23 am |
negative feedbacks? would that really matter? how important would that be in the scheme of things and one's well being? would it change anything? how would i know you if you don't say something about you? its not easy for me to like someone unless i know something about her. i just don't go for the looks and the single virtue of humility. feedbacks do say alot abt a person.. remember the old adage -- "FIRST IMPRESSIONS LAST"? it has a bearing on the kind of PERSONALITY u have and the kind of interpersonal relationships uv made in the past.. it DOES change a lot of things, my fwen.. although i don't just pass judgment over someone i hardly know.. that would seem so UNFAIR.. i just gave u a number where u can reach me.. try punching those digits and ul find out what goes between my temples.. that is, if u have the guts to do so.. btw, i don't go for the LOOKS either, but i do find it more attractive in a MAN if he has at least that single virtue of HUMILITY.. everything else will fall into place.. take care, my fwen.. have a nice day..
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10/22/2009 7:38 am |
OK, NOW I HAVE BEEN HERE, READ SOME THOUGHTS AND ABOUT YOURSELF.... I WON'T COMMENT FURTHER NOW .... MAYBE LATER .... HAVE A NICE DAY !!! HEARTY REGARDS, MUA
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10/22/2009 9:42 am |
first things first, Antonio.. feedbacks do say alot abt a person.. remember the old adage -- "FIRST IMPRESSIONS LAST"? it has a bearing on the kind of PERSONALITY u have and the kind of interpersonal relationships uv made in the past.. it DOES change a lot of things, my fwen.. although i don't just pass judgment over someone i hardly know.. that would seem so UNFAIR.. i just gave u a number where u can reach me.. try punching those digits and ul find out what goes between my temples.. that is, if u have the guts to do so.. btw, i don't go for the LOOKS either, but i do find it more attractive in a MAN if he has at least that single virtue of HUMILITY.. everything else will fall into place.. take care, my fwen.. have a nice day..
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10/22/2009 9:44 am |
OK, NOW I HAVE BEEN HERE, READ SOME THOUGHTS AND ABOUT YOURSELF.... I WON'T COMMENT FURTHER NOW .... MAYBE LATER .... HAVE A NICE DAY !!! HEARTY REGARDS, MUA thanks for the visit.
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