I grew up
dirt poor.
We didn’t eat every day.
My siblings and I
were always hustling
for jobs.
We didn’t have
a wide choice
in jobs.
We were pre-teens
and teenagers.
That limited
our offerings.
So we took
what we could get
and we issued ourselves
a challenge
to make those jobs
interesting,
exciting,
a fun time.
Some days,
we were literally
shoveling sh*t
(mucking out barns)
yet we had fun.
We made it
a competition,
crowning the champion
King/Queen Of The Poop.
I take that energy
to tasks
I have to complete
now.
“If we commit to
loving what we do,
we’re more likely
to find engagement
and satisfaction.
And if what we do
changes,
we can choose
to love that too.”
There is joy
in every task.
Sometimes
it merely takes
longer
to find it.