The above is the unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service, which is duly engraved on the James A. Farley Post Office Building in New York City. To all those who work hard at USPS, they should be appreciated and valued, though it has to be admitted that somehow in this present age, the USPS seems in many a way to talk the talk, but not often enough to walk the walk, especially during those times of inclement weather and other distractions which precludes them therefore from performing their work, above and beyond.
Indeed, when it comes to employment of all types, there are those that do, and then there are those that do not. In other words, the best workers are those who when having to deal with obstacles make it their point, that they are going to get the work done that they need to get done because they are not only determined to do so, but feel that they have an abiding obligation to accomplish such; whereas, there are those others, that latch onto whatever excuse, no matter how shallow or no matter how inappropriate, as their reason for failing to do this or that, and somehow are okay with their lack of timely output and of pulling their own weight, through and through.
Each of us has assignments as well as goals that we are responsible for, and to the degree that we take such responsibility seriously, the better that we will be able to accomplish those important and necessary things, of which, those that are focused upon what they need to do, are the same that will not get distracted and will not relent from achieving what needs to be achieved, because they are fixated on doing exactly that. These then are the type of people that we should aspire to be, for fair-weather workers are the same as fair-weather friends, seemingly not recognizing that fair-weather will not always exist, all of the time.
The true character of a person can be determined not by how they behave when everything is going right, but rather by how they behave when it is all going so wrong, for even the worse of us, when we are having our way, will typically behave civilly, because there isn’t any reason not to; whereas, when we are put to the test, this proves the mettle of the person, for those that cannot successfully face their challenges, or run away from such, aren’t the type of people that are of good character, for those that are of good character display their good attributes in the face of adversity, thereby proving who and what they are really about, which is why we should welcome challenges and tests as our opportunity to demonstrate that we have the right stuff to do the right thing, and thereby will only stand down when it is prudent to do so, for all those that will not challenge themselves are the same that aren’t going to grow tall because the roots of their character are far too shallow to permit such.