CHORES DON’T CHOKE; LOVE YOURS!
So, what duties were assigned to you while growing up? What
was/were your childhood chores? Growing up could not be more fun especially
with enough toys to fondle with and cheerful friends to sing rhymes with. Do
you agree? However, as age increases, mamma begins to train her kid in advance
for years yet come: she wants him to wake up early enough and pick up the broom
to sweep; wash the dishes too, so he
could do the same for granny during holiday. She wants him to wash his
socks and uniforms occasionally to deter him from rough and dirty games…
My first chore was sweeping which actually preceded dishwashing.
Those chores were not just done for the pleasure of getting it done, it rang a bell of moral lesson that would
not stop reverberating. I commenced my sweeping chore with just a room
space and a sizeable broom too. After a while, mamma included more spaces for
me to sweep. For dishwashing, I started with only used dishes and cutleries.
When Mum was pleased with the works, she said I could wash pots too. Chores, unlike
moonlight tales were not really longed for before it surfaces. However, if I
wasn't down with fever or nursing a restraining wound, I'd still have to get it
done anyway. I had to, because it was my chore!
See! The point is, I was asked to do more because I excelled
doing little. There is what we call Reward Chart for chores. Once you nail your chores, you
definitely get rewarded for it! Likewise, if
whatever you do now, you give it your best, you will arouse expectations
and people will believe you can do even
more and better and consequently, you get a reward. You know what that indicates:
promotion, a bulkier pay and above all, a
better you! You will be happier and bolder!
Not only household works are chores. To me, every
necessitated or obligatory activity is a chore too. Steven Chu, a physicist and former United States Secretary of Energy once
said: “I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an
intellectual adventure”.
Do not sneer at that cleaner for cleaning your work place
enthusiastically. She knows her salary is meager compared to yours; she just
would not let that or any other distracting fact rob her of the love she has
for her job, which may consequently defame its discharge. If she does, the
first question you will ask is; “what is
your job here?” Get this right; nothing
must hold you back from discharging your duties well!
Unlike tax, which one can evade, chores may be difficult and
unpleasant. Yet, cannot be circumvented; someone has to get it done! Interestingly,
if you would not do it, someone else will, and may even do it better. You don’t
want to lose your job to someone whose competency, yours cannot hold a candle
to due to negligence and laziness. Right? It is so pathetic because your result
might be at stake while others excel if you neglect some registered courses.
If you love anything, it reflects in your attitude towards
it. If you would not love anything, it
should not be what you are expected to do; it should not be your chore!
Why would you hate a course since nothing will bar you from
sitting for its exam?
Tell me, would anyone hate physiology and still want to be a
doctor? It is a core course! Is it not enough a chore?
How can a business lover detest dialogue; is every businessperson
not expected to engage in it with his clients?
Loving
your chore and doing
it well will
not choke you. It will make you outshine your peers!
Well said, just create an affection to what u do.
ReplyDeleteThen u excel...
exactly!
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