I get a kick out of the graphics about Fridays and Mondays, especially the ones with cute pictures of animals (like the one at the top of this post featuring our Peaches during a bath).

But there's an issue related to those images that makes me sad.

Assuming you work a Monday-Friday work week, the underlying message of those humorous Thank-God-it's-Friday and I-dread-Monday visuals is that you’re not happy with your work. And life shouldn’t be that way.

Every day, we ought to be saying: Thank God it’s today!

Of course we should look forward to weekends, to rest, relax and spend time doing things we enjoy with family and friends. We are called by God to take a sabbath, a day of rest.

Rocks on sand with Choices by Jacquelyn Lynn on an ereaderEven so, we shouldn’t spend the entire week looking forward to Friday (or whatever the end of our workweek is) and we shouldn’t dread the coming of Monday (or the beginning of our workweek).

I know I am blessed to have been able to earn my living for more than three decades doing what I absolutely love: writing.

Have I loved every project? No. Have I enjoyed every client? Of course not. Although I made a decision years ago to not work with anyone I didn't like, there have been countless times when I've had to deal with challenging people to get the job done.

But I love what I do. And it is a blessing I wish for everyone—to love what you do so much that the end of the day and the end of the week sneaks up on you because you’re finding your work so rewarding.

Enjoy your weekends. Observe a sabbath. But if you don't take pleasure in your work, do something now to make a change.

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