Doing Something
DOING SOMETHING
For life to mean anything a person must do something. The thing done doesn’t have to have great significance or accomplish a particular goal. The first point is that a person needs to do something to assert his being and give meaning to his life. Later points may be asserted with respect to the importance of doing particular things. But, for a beginning we need to agree on the importance of doing something.
Doing something is what gives meaning to physical, emotional, mental and economic existence. The saying “Use it or lose it” applies to all aspects of life. Further, doing something in any one of the activity fields will exert an influence on the other fields, contributing to healthier general existence. It is the doing, or anticipating the doing of something that gives us the needed reason to rise in the morning.
One of the disadvantages associated with retiring from one’s job is the loss of purpose in getting up in the morning. Advancing age accentuates the loss of purpose, making it more urgent that the problem be recognized and dealt with. A person may not be aware of the dangers associated with this loss of purpose factor. Even in recognizing it a person may reason that after a career of hard work one is entitled to spend some time doing nothing. He may feel that he has done his part and that it is time to let the young folks take over the tasks. Such a person needs to learn that doing things and maintaining satisfactory relationships with other people are determining factors in the personal health of all persons at all stages of life.
Closely, but often unknowingly, associated with the tendency to idleness are the employees of retirement homes or other institutions who find it easier for them to let their wards sit dozing on a sofa rather than pushing them to participate in the scheduled activity. In fact, the custodian may find a host of ways to justify excusing them this time. Actually, they may have been excused so many times in the past that they are no longer capable of understanding and participating in the activity.
Surely there are games, puzzles and activities that are too difficult for some people to perform. For those persons, a special effort should be made to find an activity that, with some conscientious assistance, they can perform. While these people may be the greatest test of our training and skill they may also furnish us the greatest satisfaction of success in our work.
Whether dealing with the task of leading others in performance tasks or in doing things ourselves we need to remember that we are dealing with a matter of living. Our thinking, our interaction with others, the physical things we do and the leadership we provide are the things that define the life we live. They are the activities that contribute to our physical, mental and emotional health. The rewarding thing is the fact that we are making our own lives more healthy and satisfying in the process of assisting others.
Jerry 3/29/05
For life to mean anything a person must do something. The thing done doesn’t have to have great significance or accomplish a particular goal. The first point is that a person needs to do something to assert his being and give meaning to his life. Later points may be asserted with respect to the importance of doing particular things. But, for a beginning we need to agree on the importance of doing something.
Doing something is what gives meaning to physical, emotional, mental and economic existence. The saying “Use it or lose it” applies to all aspects of life. Further, doing something in any one of the activity fields will exert an influence on the other fields, contributing to healthier general existence. It is the doing, or anticipating the doing of something that gives us the needed reason to rise in the morning.
One of the disadvantages associated with retiring from one’s job is the loss of purpose in getting up in the morning. Advancing age accentuates the loss of purpose, making it more urgent that the problem be recognized and dealt with. A person may not be aware of the dangers associated with this loss of purpose factor. Even in recognizing it a person may reason that after a career of hard work one is entitled to spend some time doing nothing. He may feel that he has done his part and that it is time to let the young folks take over the tasks. Such a person needs to learn that doing things and maintaining satisfactory relationships with other people are determining factors in the personal health of all persons at all stages of life.
Closely, but often unknowingly, associated with the tendency to idleness are the employees of retirement homes or other institutions who find it easier for them to let their wards sit dozing on a sofa rather than pushing them to participate in the scheduled activity. In fact, the custodian may find a host of ways to justify excusing them this time. Actually, they may have been excused so many times in the past that they are no longer capable of understanding and participating in the activity.
Surely there are games, puzzles and activities that are too difficult for some people to perform. For those persons, a special effort should be made to find an activity that, with some conscientious assistance, they can perform. While these people may be the greatest test of our training and skill they may also furnish us the greatest satisfaction of success in our work.
Whether dealing with the task of leading others in performance tasks or in doing things ourselves we need to remember that we are dealing with a matter of living. Our thinking, our interaction with others, the physical things we do and the leadership we provide are the things that define the life we live. They are the activities that contribute to our physical, mental and emotional health. The rewarding thing is the fact that we are making our own lives more healthy and satisfying in the process of assisting others.
Jerry 3/29/05
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