#26/09/14

Have you ever asked yourself what you are working for? If you have time to consider this taboo question, or put it to others in moments of weakness or confidentiality, you might well have heard some or all of the following. It's the money, of course, some  say with smile, as if explaining something to a child. Or it's the satisfaction of a task well-done, the sense of achievement behind the clinching of an important deal. I worked as a bus conductor once, and I can't say I felt the same when I staggered along the swaying gangway trying to give out tickets without falling over to one's lap. It's the company of the people perhaps, but if that is the case, what about farmers? Is it the conversation in the farmyard that keeps them captivated by the job? Work is power and sense of status say those who have either attained these elusive goals, or feel agrrieved that nobody has yet recognized their leadership qualities. Or we can blame it all on someone else, the family or the tax man, I suspect, and I say this under my breath, that most of us work rather than Mr.M lived, hoping for something to turn up. We will win the pools, and tell the boss what we really think. We will scrape together the money and open that little shop we have always dreamed of, or go round the world, or spend more time in the garden. Oneday, we will get that promotion we deserve, but until then at leastwe have something to do. And we are also busy doing it that we dont have time to wonder why.