Reflections on Job Site Apathy

Sometimes, it seems that we forget what the truly important things are in life. Everybody knows this, but unfortunately, sometimes we are all too apathetic to revise our priorities. For me, this apathy commonly comes from all of the minuscule details that sometimes get blown way out of proportion an into something much bigger than it was intended to be. I get lazy when, let’s say, I have spent the last three days in a basement painting the ceilings and the walls. When I get done with one of those days it becomes much more difficult to motivate myself for the rest of the evening. But that’s ok. Sometimes it’s good to lock yourself in your room and sleep through dinner.
I think the reason that we are so tired by Friday is that we keep reminding ourselves why we are here. When I look around me while walking down the street sometimes all the abandoned houses seem to close in on me and make me feel guilty for taking a 5 minute break and walking to the gas station. When being tasked with helping the flood recovery it sometimes becomes hard to recall what the larger picture is. When all we see around us are the remnants of broken homes and lives of people who have become disenfranchised it becomes easier to become more complacent with our roles.
Still throughout this, there is an ever present gleam of hope in every ones eyes. It becomes easier to keep up our energy through out the week when we realize what is truly being accomplished here.

Yours in service,
Harry Aungst
Oak 5

Closing thought- A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. - Greek Proverb