Work

So, many of you know that I am not happy with my work. I am starting school next week and hopefully will be done in about 18 months. Then, hopefully I can find a career in which I will be happy.

Recently, I was reading in Gospel Principles and came across a chapter about work and personal responsibility. There is a story I want to share from there about our attitude towards work:

A traveler passed a stone quarry and saw three men working. He asked each man what he was doing. "I am cutting stone," the first man answered. The second replied, "I am earning 3 gold pieces per day." The third man smiled and said, "I am helping to build a house of God."

How many times has our attitude been "I am earning so much money by doing this job"? I know that has been my attitude for probably several years now. So, after reading that story, I want to ask ourselves how we are helping to build a kingdom of our Heavenly Father in our daily, honest work? Even if we are only providing enough for our personal and family necessities, we are still helping some of God's children.

A Nephite prophet, King Benjamin, preached that "when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God" (Mosiah 2:17). So, even though my work is not the greatest, I am hoping that this gives me strength to know that I can strive to do better and have that attitude of building a kingdom of heaven here on Earth.