Work is a Blessing Summary

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 I listened to “Work is a Blessing” by Russel Honore. In his story he made a testimony about how being able to work is a privilege often taken for granted. He recalls having a job when he was younger that he didn’t enjoy and complaining about that job one day at dinner, he was then told “any job is better than no job”. He says it took him many years for that to soak in and recalls seeing living proof of this statement. A mother working a laboring job while an alternative method was available, he realized that job is what her family relied on. He states that is when his gratefulness for the ability to work really kicked in and his eyes were opened to the struggles of those who couldn’t work.

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