The company I work for has a program where they share a percentage of the profits with the employees as a bonus check. These checks come out twice a year and amounts to about an extra paycheck.
Yesterday there was a sign next to the time clock that advised the bonus checks were available to pick up at the manager's office. You could feel the excitement in the air. There was a stream of personal coming and going through the office door all day. Just before the end of my shift I was told to go and receive my check- which I gladly did.
NOT SURPRISE
I didn't open the envelope with the check in it until I got home. My family has bills so I held onto it knowing I was going to deposit it. Finally in my kitchen I opened it and found it less than what I hoped for.
I said, "It is not fantastic, it is just like a regular paycheck, and I would have liked to get more." For a moment I felt disappointed.
I KNOW
I know I should be thankful. It may not have been a huge check but it was a little extra just the same. Many people do not get a bonus check and the company I work for does not have to give them but they do because they have good reasons to.
DECISION
It took about a day but I made a decision. I decided the right thing to do was to be thankful. I offered a prayer of thanks since then and whenever any thought of disappointment came back I resolved to be thankful instead. Being thankful is the right thing to do no matter the size of the blessing, big or small, we should still be thankful for it.
Yesterday there was a sign next to the time clock that advised the bonus checks were available to pick up at the manager's office. You could feel the excitement in the air. There was a stream of personal coming and going through the office door all day. Just before the end of my shift I was told to go and receive my check- which I gladly did.
NOT SURPRISE
I didn't open the envelope with the check in it until I got home. My family has bills so I held onto it knowing I was going to deposit it. Finally in my kitchen I opened it and found it less than what I hoped for.
I said, "It is not fantastic, it is just like a regular paycheck, and I would have liked to get more." For a moment I felt disappointed.
I KNOW
I know I should be thankful. It may not have been a huge check but it was a little extra just the same. Many people do not get a bonus check and the company I work for does not have to give them but they do because they have good reasons to.
DECISION
It took about a day but I made a decision. I decided the right thing to do was to be thankful. I offered a prayer of thanks since then and whenever any thought of disappointment came back I resolved to be thankful instead. Being thankful is the right thing to do no matter the size of the blessing, big or small, we should still be thankful for it.
