My Reflections

For the love of job

PROMPT September 6th

Do you love your job/career? Tell us why you love it, and why not did you choose this career and not something else.

I am unsure where to go with this one. Right now I am a stay at home caregiver. I didn't necessarily chose this as a career, but in some sense, I have been caring for people my whole life. It is a part of who I am. When I was young, I helped mom take care of my grandmother and even an aunt for awhile. I helped care for my parents, an uncle, and a cousin. I took care of my best friend’s mom when she had cancer. Now I take care of my roommate who is also my best friend. I am also helping care for my elderly neighbor.

I take care of them because I love them. I do my best to love people the way God loves them no matter where I am or what I am doing. I even applied this approach to customer care when I was working.

Who says a fast-food worker, retailer, or telecommunication worker has to be insignificant. Most people I know deals with each of these people at some point. I have to talk to someone about my bill or my equipment isn’t working. I go out to eat on pay days. I go shopping at several different stores.

I have an opportunity to to make their day better and they have an opportunity to effect my day with each encounter and transaction. It is more than just pleasing a customer. It is treating a person like a person and with respect. It is giving them your smile when they don't have one of their own. It is genuinely caring for and about someone even if you only see them for a second.


Jesus is my permanent anchor!