Why?

Just wondering something...

WHY would someone take a job doing something they really don't want to do and in the process making themselves and everyone around them unhappy?

I haven't been in the work world in a while due to choices to support my family needs and circumstances. It is a decision I do not regret, but which some are unable to make. That understanding does not escape my notice. Grateful that with some other choices and changes we could afford for me to be home, I have tried to embrace the home and hearth and family as a blessing.

But when I DID work, I LOVED my job, the people for whom I worked and the people whom we saw in the clinic. I considered them more than patients, but rather friends. Over time, we would get to know each other and had a pleasant relationship.

Yet every single day I am out in the world away from home, I see people who are completely miserable in their job. Is that misery because they have no choice or because they didn't prepare to have a choice?

Are they unhappy because actual work is required of them during their time on the job or because they feel they are not being paid enough for what they do?

Maybe they are miserable because that is their native temperament. Some people actually DO choose misery. I remember a woman who lived near us when I was a kid. She never knew a happy day because regardless of how wonderful it was, she chose only to see what was missing. Don't get that attitude. . . life is full of great and wonderful and beautiful moments which inspire, uplift, lend courage and strength and some that just flat out take your breath away.

Today I had an interaction yet again with someone who seems determined to only see and do what suits the moment and that moment is not ever good. She seems to be bound to the notion that whatever is going on must be a precursor to a coming gloom.

I just can't live that way!!

While I have my down times and times where the clouds obscure the sunlight, I am thankful for so many bright spots in my life that make bearable those that are few but difficult.

Again, I come back to the question why. Why would someone desire misery? Why would someone see only the moments of bad and overlook every good thing?

May never have the full answer on that one.

Have a GOOD day. And if by choice you desire... have a FABULOUS day!