Road to Fifty Reflections: Day 48

Putting Heart Into the Work

Last year, I asked permission from my bosses to report to the office only twice a week. Those two days are a little breather from my daily routine of feeding my furbabies and doing home-based work. Though brief, my days in the office are always full... filled with reports, feedback and, sometimes, complaints about the younger ones or the newbies.

It’s been almost two years since they were hired and while their bosses often say their work approach reflects “their generation,” I can’t help but think it also reflects the kind of formation they received in school. I suddenly appreciated why, since elementary days, we were taught to lead groups, work with others, make decisions together and communicate clearly. Those exercises weren’t just for grades... they were training grounds for life. They taught us cooperation, accountability and empathy.

Now, I see how easily these values can fade when work becomes just a routine and not a mission. The struggle is not about meeting deadlines or pleasing the admin... it’s about bringing back the heart into the work we do.

Perhaps this is where faith enters the workplace. Each task, no matter how small, can be an offering if done with sincerity and love. Work done without heart is just motion; but work done with love becomes devotion .

At the end of the day, it’s not about perfection or recognition, it’s about doing what we can, with the heart that God has given us and allowing Him to shine even in the simplest things we do. Because when we put our heart into the work, we are not just completing tasks... we are continuing God’s work through our hands.