A Blessed Life
Time to blog. Was just wondering and doing some reflection on my life. I believed I had been much blessed throughout my life.
If you know me, you will know that I am just a small fly with a small qualification, just a diploma holder from Singapore Poly. Yet through the many years in my working life, my God (pardon me for those who are not Christian) had been so good to me that I had been promoted far beyond many diploma holder and I am now in a position that some of my degree holder (some even are master degree) colleagues may have been envy of. I am not boasting, but as I was reflecting on my many colleagues who had joined ITE as a lecturer and holding just a diploma, none of them had ever progress so far in term of financial rewards. Most had been in “static” mode, ie they have already reach their maximum pay for many years and had no pay increase. Even for those who were promoted earlier than me, many, if not all had been unable to cross a bar for increment and yet I had been much bless with a continual increment. Praise to my God!!!
So what am I trying to tell my readers, or as what one local show always says “What is the moral of the story!!!” hahah, for those who are in Singapore will probably know who was it.
Let me share with you the “moral” of the story. In all my working life, (hahaha… sound so philosophical) I had learnt never ever to backstab anyone. I am not the ambitious type and had never seek for promotion and I make it a point to give others credit as much as I can. Once you learnt not to focus on yourself, then you will be able achieve much as it is written, “It is more blessed to give than to receive”. So I had always abided by this principal, giving others instead of trying to “fight” all the way for your own benefits. If my young readers can adopt this principal then I can assure you that one day, as you reflect back, you will notice how much you have received in return even without you fighting for it.
This, I would like my young readers to really ponder on as most of you will start working very soon. I had never believed that a working place should be a battlefield, even though many other think so. Once you adopt this attitude that a working place is a battlefield then you will surely end up overstress and in the end, you may actually found that you had gained nothing, nothing in your life had been a living example to your next generation, nothing in your life that you can proudly shared with your kids.
So may this “moral” start building within each of us so that you can start your next phase of life in the right steps!!!
If you know me, you will know that I am just a small fly with a small qualification, just a diploma holder from Singapore Poly. Yet through the many years in my working life, my God (pardon me for those who are not Christian) had been so good to me that I had been promoted far beyond many diploma holder and I am now in a position that some of my degree holder (some even are master degree) colleagues may have been envy of. I am not boasting, but as I was reflecting on my many colleagues who had joined ITE as a lecturer and holding just a diploma, none of them had ever progress so far in term of financial rewards. Most had been in “static” mode, ie they have already reach their maximum pay for many years and had no pay increase. Even for those who were promoted earlier than me, many, if not all had been unable to cross a bar for increment and yet I had been much bless with a continual increment. Praise to my God!!!
So what am I trying to tell my readers, or as what one local show always says “What is the moral of the story!!!” hahah, for those who are in Singapore will probably know who was it.
Let me share with you the “moral” of the story. In all my working life, (hahaha… sound so philosophical) I had learnt never ever to backstab anyone. I am not the ambitious type and had never seek for promotion and I make it a point to give others credit as much as I can. Once you learnt not to focus on yourself, then you will be able achieve much as it is written, “It is more blessed to give than to receive”. So I had always abided by this principal, giving others instead of trying to “fight” all the way for your own benefits. If my young readers can adopt this principal then I can assure you that one day, as you reflect back, you will notice how much you have received in return even without you fighting for it.
This, I would like my young readers to really ponder on as most of you will start working very soon. I had never believed that a working place should be a battlefield, even though many other think so. Once you adopt this attitude that a working place is a battlefield then you will surely end up overstress and in the end, you may actually found that you had gained nothing, nothing in your life had been a living example to your next generation, nothing in your life that you can proudly shared with your kids.
So may this “moral” start building within each of us so that you can start your next phase of life in the right steps!!!
posted by Sebastian Chu at 4:48 PM
