Ramon Emmanuel B.

Badiola

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Legal Writing

Benedictine Principle of Obedience: Value to one’s own work

More often than not, most people don’t value their work most especially those who are
too lazy, stubborn, and disobedient that often disregard the task assigned unto them. Furthermore
most of these people don’t realize the worth of their work, until the time that they no longer have
it.

Through the years there was an increase of value to one’s own job, since there was a
crisis due to recession to other countries most especially western nations. Many Companies are
downsizing in order to cut the cost in operating their business; the result was the termination of
many jobs. Adding to that was an enormous pouring of newly graduates that were constantly in
need of means to support themselves and their families. That’s why nowadays it is very hard to
obtain a decent job that will suffice one’s needs especially through the economic crisis that the
country was experiencing. Somehow there are those who don’t realize these things, hence they
don’t value much their work.

The result of not valuing the work that was given to them often a product of sub standard
or better yet what is commonly called a product of “Bahala na Style”. Most prevalent on most
Filipinos the kind of mediocre act resulting to less standard products of their works. The
incorporation of the Benedictine principle of “Ora et Labora” to every Filipino, will help to
eradicate the “Bahala na” consciousness of Filipinos, and will teach them the value of their
work, obedience and respect to their superiors. For if one would not value his/her own work, “let
him receive nothing at all, until he maketh due satisfaction”, only through loosing that one is
able to value what he had lost. Nothing is more important than love for one’s work, because if
one love what he does, then there is would be no reason for him to fail. Learn to love one’s doing
so that he will have satisfaction and contentment to his own work.