Diligence

#The #Catalyst 

Very often I meet gloomy, depressed and frustrated  people whose main grudge seems to be their existing job . they seem to be always looking for that something which glimmers just out of reach, something that is -er – different ! In their craving for that X – factor, that ‘cant- put- my- finger on it ‘something 

Being a non-interfering sort of bloke, I just listen but am sorely tempted to quote to them Carlyle 

“Get your happiness out of your work or you will never know real happiness. Blessed is the man who has found his work (true calling) “

or the following beautiful poem from Henry Van Dyke which is so relevant to anyone at any level of work , industry or enterprise and is , for me, truly inspirational .

“ Let me but do my work from day to day,

    In field or forest, at the desk or loom,

    In roaring market-place or tranquil room;

Let me but find it in my heart to say,

When vagrant wishes beckon me astray,

  "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom;

  "Of all who live, I am the one by whom

"This work can best be done in the right way."

Then shall I see it not too great, nor small,

  To suit my spirit and to prove my powers;

  Then shall I cheerful greet the labouring hours,

And cheerful turn, when the long shadows fall

At eventide, to play and love and rest,

Because I know for me my work is best.”