Do you ever
consider, at your age, how adventurous you would like to be in your life?
This week is the first week of my
lifelong best friend, Johnson, working at his new company, a high tech firm. At
the age of 53 he is still energetic, enthusiastic, passionate, and adventurous
at the field he enjoys so much that, ever since his graduation some twenty
years ago, he keeps this habit of studying and coding at least three hours
every day/night nonstop. What he usually reads and studies after work are programming
languages, technologies, or knowledge that he thinks would boom and be popular
in the future. Thanks to his A genes, he is about to be right at the trends
almost every time. My admiration comes from his unusual young spirits, longtime
developed passions, strong determination, perseverance, and commitment to his
belief, to who he is.
Johnson’s
life is an ING. ING means a person is always on the move (be vs being); there
is always something going on in his life that s/he would be engrossed herself/himself
at to enjoy the life to its fullest. When others spend time and money on TVs,
entertainment and its equipments, tools of enjoyment possibly acquired on the
market Johnson devotes his to improving his skills, knowledge, and education.
Schooling is not for a degree to him; instead he goes to school because the
learning experience itself keeps him fresh, new, and available for next
potential career, next new field he finds interesting and of challenge. Johnson
is a person not afraid of change.
At the
field of public library, the thing I enjoy the most is to talk to people:
asking questions, suggesting something I have tried before and workable, or
simply chatting with patrons to allow them to be comfortable with me. Sharing
something with people thrills and excites me. This past summer was a season I
wouldn’t forget for it’s my first try to see if I could be good at selling and
marketing; I consider the library is a business entity providing services for
the well being of its patrons. To be a successful salesperson, I have to
overcome the embarrassment and fear when a potential customer says NO to me.
Once I understood what I wanted and knew my goals I set daily goal/number to
challenge myself. The moment the number was met another number was ready to be
beat. It’s an ING, a game never stopped to be played until the end of the due
date. Though, at the end, I became a bit disappointed to learn that my branch
was the second branch for this program, next year’s goal was set and a plan was
formed in my mind. No matter if it’s a success or a failure, they are in the
past became history. What I have to look forward to is tomorrow, the unknown
and exciting future.
A good
librarian is also a good salesperson for s/he is selling helpful services to
the public. Don’t waste any handy or coming opportunities I constantly warn and
remind myself of the reasons why I like to work in the public library. It’s a
safe place and a promising land for someone like me who cherish and admire the
values of sharing and hard working. Every book I touch holds future, dreams,
and promises for whoever needs it. I have learned from a mother that because of
a biography a young girl read at her childhood this young lady was inspired,
made up her mind, and went to the prestigious West Point Academy
to pursue her dream being an officer. Who knows if this person I have served
will become a world known leader? Or the book I have helped reserved or checked
out to certain patron would inspire and influence this person allowing her/him
to be SOMEBODY, some great mother, father, successful CEO, or a great person of
his kind. It’s this potential, challenge, and opportunity that excite me at
work. Unknown and uncertainty, though daunting and scary, hold hopes, promises,
and paths to greatness and successes.
Are you a
person of ING or is your life is an ING? It’s never too late to become one or
have a life of ING. Do you ever ask yourself what heaven looks or feels like?
To me, heaven is the present, NOW. It’s not a place in the unknown future or
afterlife. It’s your mind set. Living at present, NOW, you know you are alive,
living, who you are, and what you are. What happened belongs to history and
won’t come back. The future is unreal for it’s not here yet. Now, you hold the
keys for answers, hopes, dreams, promises, and a well-considered and plotted
future. What you decide and act now is the path toward tomorrow; a future leads
to adventures, excitement, enjoyment, and more heavens.
ING could
be a concept if you like it. ING could be wheels riding you to places, status, anything
you want to visit, go, or seek. Better yet, ING could be YOU.
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