WORK FOR THE GOOD

 

Kaya siguro isa sa Ten Commandments yung “Six days you shall labor” ay dahil people who work have more capacity to be happy. The human body was designed in such a way that it should work and move to the point that if it doesn’t, it atrophies. Ano’ng mangyayari sa’yo? Humihina ang iyong mga buto, mga laman  hanggang mamaya hindi ka na makaka-function. Kaya magkakaroon ng mga sakuna yung mga tao. Mga kung anu-ano ang ginagawa. Tini-theraphy. Pinapakilos, pinapagalaw. Kaya hindi ka sasaya na hindi ka gumagalaw. Ang tao dapat kasi nagtatrabaho. Kumikilos. Kaya tingnan nyo yung mga nasa mga preso. Sa kawalan ng magawa, hanggang sa loob ng bote ng Tentay patis, gumagawa ng barko. Kasi kailangang mayroon kang ginagawa. Maraming taong miserable kasi idle. Walang ginagawa o kaunting-kaunti lang ang ginagawa. We should not be idle. We should work for the good.

Sa first cyle, you work because your parents expect you to. Pinag-aaral ka. Binibigyan ka ng trabaho. “maghugas ka ng plato. Do your bed. Do this and that.” You work para hindi ka mapagalitan. Then ga-graduate ka. You work para ka magkaroon ng pera, ng ganito’t ganyan at makatulong sa mga mahal sa buhay. Doon kailangan nagte-third cyle ang tao in this life. Kung pinahaba ng Lord ang buhay natin, you work for the good. You work for pleasure. You work because it’s good for you and it’s good for others. No longer because you have to survive. I believe that the design of God is that men could work hard and prosper enough so that in the latter part of their lives, they will have the luxury to choose what work they like to do, what makes them very happy and useful to their fellowmen, to their church and country. That is why it is important to work for the good.

It’s pathetic if we’re sill working to survive hanggang sa namamatay na lang tayo, it’s our option to do this or that. Hindi yung muhing-muhi ka sa gainagawa mo hanggang tumanda ka na. Wala kang magawa kasi pag hindi mo ginawa yun, hindi ka kakain bukas. Parang nakakasira ng dignity yun ng tao. Wala kang magawa kasi pag hindi mo ginawa yun, hindi ka kakain bukas. Parang nakakasira ng dignity yun ng tao. Kaya mahalaga ang sabi nung kanta, “ A man must break his back to earn his days of pleasure.” Para dumating yung point that you can do what is good.