Respect for work
No big no small in doing work.
We need our cobbler to mend our shoes
We need the coolie to carry our load
We need them all, one and all
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Different people do different kinds of work. All kinds of work are important. Some workers build our houses, some grow foods for us, some clean our streets, some mends shoes and some sell things to us. Some of these workers are poor and uneducated hence they have to do these jobs.
What if they stop doing this work? There are so many tasks we cannot do ourselves, can you imagine how difficult and uncomfortable life would become/ we must be kind to them because like us they are God’s children and they do our work. To respect work and the workers whatever the work may be is called dignity of labor. There have been many great men whose respect for workers, however low. We can learn a lot from the examples that they have set.
- Mahatma Gandhi swept floors and cleaned toilets himself.
- Mother Teresa worked and tended to the wounds of sick people, with great love.
- One of the great presidents of America, Abraham Lincoln used to cut logs of wood in his childhood.
- Thomas Elva Edison, the famous inventor of electric bulb, sold newspapers on a train to earn money to carry on his experiments.
So that do we learn from these great people? That there is no shame in doing any kind of work is when needed. Rather you earn everyone’s respect and blessings. Would you not help in the household chores when your mother is ill? Would you not work with the soil when you want a beautiful garden/ would you not polish your shoes if need/
Well you should be respectful towards those who do it for you always. In fact, you should thank them!
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