Passion for the Post Office Box

Of all the different items I have imagined of our new home, the mailbox was barely even afterthought... until Monday.

Monday, they did the final grade on the property in preparation for the landscaping. I wanted to send my wife an MMS message to let her know and so I looked for a photo opportunity. It was then I noticed the mailbox had been installed in the front yard and proceeded to take the picture that you see here. After that I went on my way to observe the more exciting elements of the backyard grading.

While standing in the house, a gentlemen approached and entered the house and asked me if I was the owner. I said I was and he introduced himself as the man installing the mailboxes for the new homes in our neighborhood. He had noticed me taking the picture of the mailbox and had some questions for me.

While we talked we walked back out to the mailbox because he wanted to show me how he had installed the mailbox lower on the post than all the other boxes in our neighborhood. Frankly, I don't think I would ever have noticed unless he pointed it out. But he was right, the lower position did look better. he also proceeded to take twenty minutes to explain why his post wasn't as smooth as he thought it should be and the work needed to get the number script to display properly.

Frankly, these items would never have entered my mind and might possibly have never been noticed. But this man's passion for his work and for a quality mailbox drew me in. I even smiled as he used expletives to describe his frustration with getting the right sized font for the text. To see someone get that worked up about something I would never have noticed (unless it was wrong) made me only appreciate his passion even more.

Regardless of the field, we all loving seeing people passionate about their work, whether it is mailboxes, masonry or motherhood. Many people are unpassionate about their job and it shows. Why do something that you are not passionate about? Life is too short and God is too good for us to spend our times doing things that we are not passionate about.

What keeps you from doing what your passionate about? Is it fear? Is it a desire for comfort and ease? In the end, you and those around you will be much better served if you are engaged in something your passionate about.