Serenity has a timely post on the importance of jobs in general. Go read it, and pass it on.

Related: I don’t subscribe to Zoroastrianism, but there is truth and common sense in the following:

It is never below the dignity of any one to work by his own hands [...]. There is no shame to put one’s hand at the plough, there is no shame to set one’s shoulder to the wheel, there is no shame to dig a trench, there is no shame to work as a cook or a servant or a maid or to do any menial work. But there is shame indeed where a stout hand of an able-bodied man or woman is outstretched to accept a dole in the face of the remunerative work waiting for all who may work.

I’m also reminded of an adage I’ve heard often when I was younger. “No matter what your job is, be the best you can be while doing it until a better job comes along.”

Can I get a witness?