Turtle

"Imagine that the whole earth was covered with water, and a man was to throw a yoke with a hole in it into the water. Blown by the wind, that yoke would drift north, south, east and west. Now, suppose that once in hundred years a blind turtle would rise to the surface. What do you think? Would that turtle put his head through the hole in the yoke as he rose to the surface once in a hundred years?"

"It is unlikely Lord."

"Well, it is just as unlikely that one will be born as a human being; it is just unlikely that a Tathagata, a Noble One, a fully enlightened Buddha should arise in the world; and it is just as unlikely that the Dhamma and discipline of the Tathagata should be taught. But now you have been born as a human being, a Tathagata has arisen and the Dhamma has been taught. Therefore, strive to realize the Four Noble Truths."

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Nature of work, or work environment?

I get what I prayed/hoped for. I was in an event organizing job which allowed me to do several things at one time, have hands-on on everything, can copywrite, can do sales kit; yet at the end of the day the workload and the stress was too much to handle (and resources were not negotiable until sometime after I decided to leave, too late by then)

Now I am in an industry which I never thought I would get into, it was never in my "what I want to be when I grow up" list, even until now. But, I get what I asked for, nice people to work with and a good supervisor. PLUS a bit on the marketing side PLUS I have advantage in Excel knowledge and people appreciate it, so at the moment quite contented. Happy with almost everything except that I do not "love" the final product produced by the industry...

Gain and lost concept... you never win in everything? Must lose something to gain something. Wonder if I will stay long in this job. Also turning down something, because I'm tired of "jumping" around this year. Not easy to start from scratch in every new job: to learn about the company, the products, the industry (which has been completely different for all three jobs)... very high learning curve...

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