Saturday, November 29, 2008
Superhero Stuff
During the past 2 weeks, I've been in and out of the hospital, visiting Lolo who was confined there. Lolo is now here with us at home, but all the times I've been to the hospital made me marvel at the superhero stuff that health care personnel do in their jobs. They actually save lives.
And what do I do in my job? I sit in front of the computer all day. Well, if you look at the bigger picture, I ensure that our client's business is fully supported by the system. If you take a look at the even bigger picture, I help make our client become a multi-million dollar company, if it still isn't.
Say, if I ask you to weigh which is more important - a human life or a multi-million dollar company - which would you choose? The choice is so obvious! I'm not trying to say that my job sucks because it isn't the most important job in the planet. What I'm driving at is that my job all boils down to our client and my company getting enough revenue for the year - it all boils down to money. How less humane can you get?
Compare that to saving lives, teaching kids how to read, preaching God's word, and even serving people their food. I'd exchange a human being to a computer any day.
I know there are still a lot of good things about my job. But right now, I just can't see the positive side of what it really boils down to. There must be more to life than shipping out orders and making our client amass money. I'd rather do something else daily - like helping other people and having a significant impact in their lives; something that makes me feel that I've served my purpose on earth, even if I'm not a superhero.
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Just look at it this way, hospitals and companies that develop medical equipment and other medical supplies rely on their computer systems also depend on their computer systems to help them run their business smoothly and more efficiently. So in theory, you are also helping them out. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's probably not just the job; what is your purpose? I think that if you don't zero in on your purpose, then you're in trouble; you'll constantly doubt yourself. If you know what your end goal is, then you'll maybe look at the job you have and the rest of the everyday actions that go with it as only means to an end. You have the power to vary them as you please; as long as the endgame unfolds the way you envision it to. It's not your life you're living if you don't have some ounce of control over it.
ReplyDeleteOr... something. :)
but with the money you earn, you could put some of it to charity - just look for a good one
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