I come across fresh graduates who cannot find a job without experience,
but don't want to work in call centres or jobs which do not add high value
skills to their CV. For such graduates, whose ethics have not yet been
corrupted by the system, working for an NGO seems like a noble task, but the
concept of voluntary work without pay makes them hesitant in this day and age
of fast lives.
The dilemma of doing good for the society, but the fear of lack of income not only haunts the young but also the much experienced employees, professionals and entrepreneurs. We all want to add value to our lives and not just money, but our wants always overshadow our needs in a manner which strangle us in a web of working more like machines than humans. When younger we all wanted to work in 9 to 5 environments but our ever growing wants makes the little joys of life redundant.
While we struggle to full fill our wants, there are those who cannot meet their own needs. Is there no way out of this guilt?
If God did not want us to work for more than our needs, he would have made us live on trees, and if He did not want us to help each other and be a social animal, he would have not made us humans.
Fulfilling wants is futile, but providing what one needs is much easier.
No matter what you do, provide for someone's Need, and make it a routine. Your wants won't reduce but the guilt will.
The dilemma of doing good for the society, but the fear of lack of income not only haunts the young but also the much experienced employees, professionals and entrepreneurs. We all want to add value to our lives and not just money, but our wants always overshadow our needs in a manner which strangle us in a web of working more like machines than humans. When younger we all wanted to work in 9 to 5 environments but our ever growing wants makes the little joys of life redundant.
While we struggle to full fill our wants, there are those who cannot meet their own needs. Is there no way out of this guilt?
If God did not want us to work for more than our needs, he would have made us live on trees, and if He did not want us to help each other and be a social animal, he would have not made us humans.
Fulfilling wants is futile, but providing what one needs is much easier.
No matter what you do, provide for someone's Need, and make it a routine. Your wants won't reduce but the guilt will.
27th May, 2014
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