A friend sent me this piece and got me thinking and I thought I must share it with my fellow bloggers.
Ever wondered how hard we work to fill our lives with luxuries that we hardly have time to enjoy?
LOOK AT IT THIS WAY... The luxury Cars, Land Cruisers, Rav 4's, Mercedes that are parked 8 hours, driven 30 min to the office and 30 min back home 5 days out 7 (i.e. 5 out of 168 hours in a week)....
And whilst we sit on a not-so-comfortable chair in a small room called an office, your 7 bedroom mansion lies idle with only the maid enjoying herself to the 'bacon and egg breakfast' relaxing on that very expensive leather sofa that we only sit on when we get home... and being so tired we just doze off to sleep anyway.
When tired of work she takes a break turns on the TV and spoils herself with the fully subscribed DSTV, of course if she feels bored she can always turn on that brand name sound system and swing a bit.....
And whilst all that is happening where are you... you are eating a cheap take away lunch everyday, and oh, by the way there is no breakfast really, because it's just a cup of tea, a few slices of bread, probably with some left-overs from yesterday's supper (for the fortunate few). Every moment you pray that it could just get to 4 pm so that you can drive home and join... the Maid!! (Poor you!)
So this is your miserable lot for the rest of your working life... By the time you retire you'll have no pleasure in them any more. By now your children would have joined in the Rat Race of finding a good job working very hard and never enjoying the fruits of their labours... it's all vanity isn't it?
SO MY QUESTION IS... WHO IS ENJOYING BETTER THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOUR...YOU OR THE MAID?
Ever wondered how hard we work to fill our lives with luxuries that we hardly have time to enjoy?
LOOK AT IT THIS WAY... The luxury Cars, Land Cruisers, Rav 4's, Mercedes that are parked 8 hours, driven 30 min to the office and 30 min back home 5 days out 7 (i.e. 5 out of 168 hours in a week)....
And whilst we sit on a not-so-comfortable chair in a small room called an office, your 7 bedroom mansion lies idle with only the maid enjoying herself to the 'bacon and egg breakfast' relaxing on that very expensive leather sofa that we only sit on when we get home... and being so tired we just doze off to sleep anyway.
When tired of work she takes a break turns on the TV and spoils herself with the fully subscribed DSTV, of course if she feels bored she can always turn on that brand name sound system and swing a bit.....
And whilst all that is happening where are you... you are eating a cheap take away lunch everyday, and oh, by the way there is no breakfast really, because it's just a cup of tea, a few slices of bread, probably with some left-overs from yesterday's supper (for the fortunate few). Every moment you pray that it could just get to 4 pm so that you can drive home and join... the Maid!! (Poor you!)
So this is your miserable lot for the rest of your working life... By the time you retire you'll have no pleasure in them any more. By now your children would have joined in the Rat Race of finding a good job working very hard and never enjoying the fruits of their labours... it's all vanity isn't it?
SO MY QUESTION IS... WHO IS ENJOYING BETTER THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOUR...YOU OR THE MAID?
1 comment:
Neither me nor the maid!
I hope I am not justified in my never spending on extras. Phew!
My landlady seems a little peeved that my crib is rather empty, but ... I don't need any of them things, seeing as I wake up into the office and only leave there to sleep.
Only the basics. If I am not denied my daily shower, change of clean clothes, food and full sleep, I will not complain much.
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