I've Been Thinking

Hey there is always a first time.

I've been thinking about status and employment. I've been thinking that most days I really enjoy my low paying, low on the totem pole, stand on my feet all day job; even though (or maybe especially though) it is a clerical job with an emphasis on personality instead of technical knowledge and skill. I like meeting people, I like chatting, I like my co-workers, I like getting out of the house, I like being surrounded by books. I even like standing on my feet all day long and coming home bone tired. Even though I love the job I feel guilty because I am not making better use of my abilities.

I've been thinking that really there aren't that many differences between working for the government or working for private industry. In both places you work with people you connect with and people your don't. In both places there are bosses who are people oriented and bosses who are power oriented. In both places the customers are the reason for our existence and the bane of our existence.

I've been thinking that the more the job matters to us the more it matters that we matter to the job.

I've been thinking that people are who they want to be and that people who allow power to corrupt themselves don't have much to themselves.

I've been thinking that I'm glad I retired.

I've been thinking that I miss some wonderful people from my good government job.

I've been thinking that it is time for me to think about substitute teaching so I can use my mind and be with kids.