Now to go back memory lane and continue sharing on some of the victories that occurred in my life (see my previous post – “One day at a time”).
Of course I was very ecstatic to have been recruited by a structured organization after almost a year and half of waiting. I quickly settled into my daily duties and was prepared to give it my best shot. However working with this new organization was like treading in an uncharted territory. However, quite different from all other organizations I had worked, prerequisite trainings were in place to bring one up to speed on the processes and procedures in the company. It was all new to me but I was more than eager to learn and sometimes pushed myself harder when I didn’t understand certain things. At a point, I was at the brink of getting discouraged due to the terminologies constantly referred to and used by other colleagues. What was I getting wrong and why was I grasping it slowly? I sometimes pondered. Anyhow there was a support unit in place to guide me through the process and with time some of the initial challenges I faced started to ward off.

However, this happiness I felt was soon to be dashed because speculations started to rise from various quarters that there was very little room for growth in the company being that we had been deployed. This feedback was one I found quite repulsive and demotivating but nonetheless, I knew deep down where I was coming from and was determined to prove my case as different. What then was my motivation you’ll ask? The inner joy I derived from doing things to the best of my ability. You see, I had waited on the outside for a year and half amidst the rising unemployment rates in the country and I felt grateful to be amongst the fortunate few that had jobs. There was no going back for me, only a longing to move forward and I knew deep down what God’s word had stated, that “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward” Colossians 3v23-24.
I also knew deep down that the final say in my growth in the company did not come from any man but from God, so I simply shoved the rumors I was hearing to the back of my mind and focused on the reason I had been employed.

I think it becomes noteworthy to say that in our daily dealings in life, one should mind the company and feedback that we permit into our lives. This so called speculation had become so ingrained that it was very easy to permit it to demotivate you. I got to understand during my early years in the company that not everything in this life is about money. Money in itself cannot bring happiness or peace of mind. For me I was grateful to be in a place that had structure, seamless processes and procedures.
I had come if you recall, from two previous organizations and I knew the difference in the structure I had seen in this place. I was more interested in adding value to the company and kept reminding myself of that scripture that says “one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? Luke 16v10-12.

Would you like to know what the outcome was for me in the end? then be on the lookout for my subsequent post.
Lol. Take care.