Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Being grateful
I guess I've got a confession to make - I'm a really discontent person. I struggle with being grateful for the good things in life and I tend to dwell on the bad. Like right now I'm struggling to be content in my job. It's not a bad job and the people I work with are wonderful... it's just that it's totally out of my area of interest, talent, or gifts. I was an English major in college because I loved to read and write. My job now is with an asset managing and financial planning company - totally not my cup of tea. Going in to it I thought that I would learn quickly and adjust well, but that has not happened and everyday I feel lost and insignificant in what I do. I'm jealous of my husband because he LOVES his job and gets satisfaction out of it almost every day. I on the other hand come home every day tired and frustrated because I'm in a world in which I don't fit. So what do I do? I complain. I whine. I think about quitting because I'm sure that the grass is greener somewhere else. Yeah right. I know that I need to be content where I am RIGHT NOW or I will always find something I don't like. So I guess this is a sermon to myself to be grateful for a) having a job in this economy, b) earning a good amount of money that will help us later on, and c) having the opportunity to expand my horizons by learning something new.
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