Confucius Statement Of Purpose

Being a page is a program that has been around for decades. Some traditions, such as calling “senate roll call” in the hallways still stand as a part of activities each time the bell rings for session in the senate hallways, motioning for senators to make their way to the chamber because session

Many jobholders after few years of experience tend to feel uneasy about their work. The job they thought to be their dream job has now made them to daydream. “I did everything to get this job and now I think I am bored at work,” said one of the candidates. “I did not say days and nights, weekends or public holidays, nor my family or friends, and now I feel completely lost,” says another jobholder with tears in her eyes.

In Timothy Keller's Every Good Endeavor, we learn in chapter one, "The Design of Work,” that work is not a necessary evil, but a necessity to survive and a key to living a full life. Work allows us to discover our talents, abilities, and gifts in order to help us better understand who we are. Keller also pointed out the importance of rest. While we should not mistake our days of rest as days of laziness and work as a burdensome command, we should neither allow work to rule over our lives either. God designed us to work, to have jobs, but He also designed us to rest. He designed us for rest not simply to strengthen us back up for the job again, but because He too rested. Rest and what we do while we rest is a life-giving experience, while work

For most politicians, the best way to advance into a federal legislative position is to begin locally: such as within state legislatures. Due to my personal interests in the legislative branch of government, I decided to conduct interviews with senators at the Nebraska State Capitol to learn more about their and others’ legislative careers. Understanding the functions and roles of these positions - senators, aides, and bill drafters - is critical in understanding the work of a legislature both locally and federally.

I’m writing on the document on Confucius: Analects (5th C. BCE). Confucianism is basically the practice of virtue and the teaching on Chinese antiquity (spirt and rituals). His purpose is to bring moral virtues by communication of human and holy rules as well as the governmental involvement.

Many people think that their jobs define them as a person. In Robert fulgham's essay he discusses how your job doesn't define you and the activities you do are. I agree with Robert fulgham's because I think the activities you do outside of work are the ones you love so I think that defines you. I think they feel that way because they have to choose something they think will satisfy them. They work many hours to become very successful to provide for their families. But then they are not fulfilled with their work and it is hard to enjoy what's the they do everyday. People also can have many opportunities outside of their work, by having other activities.When they have other activities this can create a more meaningful life. Personally, besides

As Csikszentmihalyi said, “leisure that uses external resources requires less attention and as a consequence, it provides less memorable rewards” (99). The author gives a several examples of how different cultures experienced flow during their leisure time. The ancient Welsh would challenge each other in riddling games and he even called these riddle competitions the “most stimulating intellectual events” (122). Additionally, in order to avoid being filled with despair concerning their hostile environment, Icelanders would create or recite poems and songs from memory that succeeded in ordering their consciousness. In past years, I have unknowingly yet effectively used these two tactics myself in order to cope with hard environments or to avoid entropy. Often times in the military, we would get sent to the most remote and desolate environments as part of a deployment or training mission. During these excursions, most of our days were spent sitting around fighting off boredom in either blistering temperatures or brutally freezing winds. My friends and I would frequently commit to hour long sessions of riddle and puzzle games attempting to outwit each other. Additionally we would spend countless hours a day either creating songs or reconstructing popular songs from memory. The activities often erupted spontaneously and were repeatedly successful in improving the quality of our experience. We became willing to do these activities just for the sake of it, they became an autotelic experience and because of them, we were able to experience flow and genuinely enjoy ourselves in an otherwise dreadful

the psychological concept of ‘flow’ that might explain the workaholic phenomenon. Flow is a mental

As Confucius' philosophy still remains in the heart of many Chinese people, his images of

With vast majority of the world having to work do you think to yourself, “Why do we spend so much time in our lives working but not enjoying the pleasures of life?” The answer to question is very simple; it is to meet our needs. There are many theories that can explain how our choices can effect the reward outcome. One theory can be created from this saying or statistic is stated in the upcoming sentences. By maintaining employment it helps meet instinctive needs. In the world today needs can be met just by visiting a local Wal-Mart. With these needs being so easy to fulfill, what could be the motivation? A much more easier set of needs begin to effect the impact on one’s life.

Kupperman talks about losing “yourself in skilled activity,” for me I lose myself easiest when I follow my work schedule. (Kupperman 5) When I work, I’m alert on my current activity and the rest of the world seems to fade away. Going from one thing to the next and not even having to think about it allows me to get more things done. At the end of the day I take “pride in being absorbed in skilled activity” because I can look back on all the things I’ve check off my list. (Kupperman 5) I have less stress and less anxiety when I can visually see a path to completion. Overall a schedule does more than to remind me to do something, it has driven me to where I am today and I believe it has been fundamental in my

Confucius (551-479) also known as Kongzi (孔子 Kǒng Zǐ, literally "Master Kong") was a Chinese teacher, philosopher, editor, and politician in the Chinese history and his was highly influenced Eastern thought and culture. He was born on 551 BC in the place Zou, Lu state (near today’s Qufu, Shandong Province). His father Kong He was a minor official, in the Lu military. When his is three years old, his father Kong He is died. Confucius was grows up in a poor family and foster by his mother Yan Zhengzai. His was studied and learned the Six Arts (rites, music, archery, chariot driving, calligraphy and mathematics) at schools for commoners. Confucius was travelling from town to town around China in the rest of his life, with his disciples unsuccessfully

Waking up on the right side of the bed, tasting freshly brewed morning coffee, driving to work and hitting all the green lights, gets us in a mood that makes us radiate. If it was humanly possible to have a day like that every day, we’d all expect nothing less. Our work would become simple and the amount of energy we had from not despising our jobs would be bouncing off the walls. Curt Rosengren, an author that offers people tools to turn their dreams into realities, believes that if we are performing work we align with, we are being energized and holding on to the energy we would otherwise lose if we didn’t like our jobs (Rosengren). In an online article, “Why Loving Your Work Matters”, Curt addresses five ways loving our jobs can impact

The above quote by Confucius is often quoted, yet job happiness isn’t as easily achieved. One of the reasons behind job dissatisfaction is often the lack of planning. But career progression and the ability find a job that doesn’t feel like work requires meticulous research and focus.

Our life is an odd mixture of different moments of action and inaction, work and rest. Work provides us with an inner creative joy. It saves us from the routine and apathy of life. It puts our energies to a proper use. Unused energies create disorders in us. They make us physically unhealthy and mentally unhappy. Time hangs heavy on our shoulders when there is no work. It provides us with money for our life hood. It makes our life meaningful and peaceful. Idleness is more boring and painful than work. When a worker builds up something new, he feels encouraged and elevated and thus gets pleasure from his creative work. Where there is no need, there would be no work. Where there is no work, there would be no joy in life.