“Apply yourself..” Lee Iacocca

Am putting up a play for two schools, both writing and directing them, and quite enjoying myself. But what I hear constantly from many, especially my well -wishers is, “Bob, why are you working so hard?”

“Because, I love what I am doing,” I reply.

Not just love, but grateful to a God above for keeping me active in what I love doing.

Work does have a bad name in our world. But let me tell you there is something worse than work, and that’s sitting idle. At least that is what Drs. Kathryn Rost and G. Richard Smith of the University of Arkansas say. After analyzing the mental health of heart attack survivors, they concluded that one factor which greatly reduced the chances of depression was going back to work.
And why not? At work we are often around friends, and people with strong relationships will almost always fare better mentally. But we humans also need to be useful and productive!
Arthur Kroeger wrote in Quote magazine (August 1994) that his brother sometimes visited an Anabaptist colony in southern Alberta, Canada. During one visit he asked leaders how they dealt with the problem of misbehavior – when people rebelled against the colony’s strict rules. He was told that these people were first asked to correct their behavior. If they did not respond, they would be given a stern “talking to.”
“But what do you do when all else fails, when somebody stubbornly refuses to behave?” he pressed.
“Ah,” came the reply, “if it comes to that, then we don’t give him anything to do.”
The ultimate punishment – don’t give them any work! If that doesn’t sound so bad, just ask those who are unemployed how they feel about not working….
It has been wisely said, “The Lord didn’t burden us with work, but rather blessed us with it.” We need to be busy and productive.
Whatever it is you do to make a living – be grateful. Those long hours and that feeling of exhaustion at the end of the day come from having something useful to do. Your work is a gift. And you are blessed.

But what’s that one ingredient in work that will change how you look at it?

I believe that when what you do becomes purposeful, then the drudgery is taken out of work. But here’s the thing, you can make any work purposeful.

Oh yes, if you are a teacher and think of yourself as a moulder of children’s character, then those long hours in school can change to delightful moments.

And so, with whatever you do. I don’t see the time I spend writing. I see the look on your face as you read what I’ve written.

Remember the story of the marble chipper who when asked what he was doing, said, “I am building a cathedral!”

Can you see yourself doing that?

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