Today I am grateful for my job.
Next Tuesday will be the year mark that I started working here at the
Department of Workforce Services.
I have felt so many emotions with this job:
confusion, frustration, anger, sadness, happiness, heartbreak, and gratitude.
There's a lot more adjectives I could place on this list, but those are the first ones that come to mind.
My job is hard.
I talk with people every day that are down on their luck and
have turned to the state for welfare assistance.
This past month was my first December here and it was an eye opener.
There have been multiple times this month that I have teared-up or cried quietly in my cubicle
from the heart breaking stories I hear.
There are people out there that genuinely need this assistance and that is what makes
my job so fulfilling to do.
On the other hand,
I take great satisfaction is catching people who try to cheat the system or
commit welfare fraud. I feel like I'm finally doing my part in making sure that my
tax dollars go to people who need it.
This job has done one MAJOR thing for me.
I am SO unbelievably blessed.
I have food in my cupboards, shelter over my head, and a warm place to sleep at night.
A lot of the people I talk to don't have any of these things.
So while I'm here I will count my blessings and try to remember that I am a lucky girl.
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