Career Day

When I was in elementary school, my teachers and parent told me I could be anything I wanted to be if I studied hard and stayed out of trouble.  The shining examples of what to be was usually a doctor or a lawyer.  To reiterate their point, the school would conduct a “career day” when students were encouraged to have their parents come and tell us about their contributions to society.  Even though all parents were invited, usually only the doctors and lawyers had the time, or the interest, to show up.  Needless to say I wasn’t paying much attention on that day because I chose to seek a job instead of a profession, which is a discussion for another time.

But what if we viewed career day as a concept and not just an event?  On our jobs, we deal with many stressful tasks and situations to can burn us out and make us disgruntle.  I’ve heard people say they should have gone to medical school or should have took the Bar exam.  Well, people in those careers go through the same things that the rest of us do.  Let’s explore.  To have success on our jobs, it requires us to have a lot of patience.  Ironically, that’s what a doctor needs to have a successful practice…a lot of patients.  A micro-managing boss, an inflexible schedule, angry customers are examples of some of the trials we must endure at work.  Lawyers make their biggest monetary gains from trials.  Other than the paycheck, you can see what they do and what the rest of us may do are essentially the same.  We all have a purpose for being here and no one said life would be easy.  We have to learn to use the power of perspective to help us get through the tough times.  For many of us, everyday is career day. 

-- Linwood R. Butler, Jr.


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