Not An Ordinary Peon It Seems

As I look out of my window from where I work, beyond the beautiful landscaped gardens, I usually see people walk by, either talking or probably just thinking about their own jobs. Under the scorching heat of the sun, I wonder the kind of motivation that drives them work - the reasons that compel them. It becomes apparent to me that I am also one of them : someone who came all the way from my beloved land to work here with my own reasons. Sometimes we get lazy with our work. Sometimes we get this illusion that we're so important that we can just go easy with our work, and when we get tired, we decide to leave the jobs we have. Worst, we buy what we want from the salary that we get. We spend money to pamper ourselves with whatever we want.

From my point of view, we are all but privileged strangers in a foreign land; the ones who are lucky enough among so many people, who perhaps are more suited and better-skilled than us, who can also fill in the job. We are the ones who are among many people who will give or do whatever they can just to find a job in today's receding economy ; people who have the same reason as ours - to give a better life to their loved ones. They are the ones who are in queues everyday in the immigration, spending their little-earned (and sometimes loaned) money to be able to find a job somewhere, carrying the documents and the hopes of landing on any job. They are the unprivileged ones. To a certain extent, we should look at them as an inspiration, and not as a fearful sign of what we can be. We see them and we become aware of how lucky we are to have jobs today, and how strangely blessed we are that we are given a chance to work in a foreign land. It is quite ironic for the under-privileged to inspire the privileged ones, but that is how I see it. So next time, before you think of being lazy at work, or feel like resigning, think of the thousands more of would give anything to fill in that position you have, and how lucky you are to be one of the few who landed up on that job.