Charity

Yesterday I spoke about money and I believe I'm a bit intuitive, because on the heels of that little blurb something horrendous happened. My dearest friend and I'm talking about a top-notch outstanding human being who is neither slouch nor sloth was fired by the CHARITABLE organization he worked for. Yes, a CHARITABLE institution who callously fired him over CHRISTMAS!

It leads me to this: I think the world as we know it has gone quite mad. Stupid people have jobs. Inept people have jobs. Lazy people have jobs. In other words BOTTOM RAIL'S ON TOP.

I think what bothers me about what is going on here, by here, I mean on what is now appearing to be the Rat Exercise Wheel, what we deem WORK these days, is that mediocrity has taken over. Mediocrity and Evil. When you get rid of a human being who keeps the office running like clock work, saves you money so that they need not call service people, who is warm, funny, kind, it truly is an astoundingly offensive act. And a little over a week before CHRISTMAS, Dear Reader.

I am told by other people I know that one must not put any emotional investment into a job, therefore you won't be devastated should you lose employment. But truly, something is very wrong about this scenario. For the few people who believe in God or the right spiritual path, society, culture as we know it has become careless, thoughtless and outright cruel. We are supposedly sharing this planet with brothers and sisters. At least, that is what I grew up believing,(Oh, foolish, foolish 1970's lovechild), and if you don't bring kindness and passion into the workplace where exactly are we heading?

Has tenderness become a type of stupidity ? And why is excellence not rewarded? My friends, when you look out your front window, what you are seeing is a skewed picture of what life should be. What you are seeing is ass backwards. It is especially shocking for those of us who have a 1930's view of going to work, doing the job right, and having wonderful cammarderie. I can almost see the sepia tones surrounding how I picture Work & Culture. Be careful. Be mighty careful. It is not the 30's. And it's not the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's either.