Why I came to work today

Why did you go to work today? What keeps you going back? I was having one of those very Monday mornings this morning and my motivation for heading to the office was low. Not for any particular reason or anything to do with NPower. Just because for a moment I lost track of my passion for what we create in the world and my contribution to the collective effort. The low point came as I watched my daughter head off for her first day of jump roping camp and suddenly I wanted to go and watch her tackle the challenges of double dutch. I juxtaposed that with an image of me sitting in front of my computer screen culling through my inbox and all of a sudden the world of work seemed so…monotonous, irksome.

Then I remembered something I’d heard at the Friends of the Orphans luncheon in Seattle months ago and the flame of passion and verve that a bad case of “the Mondays” had almost squelched suddenly sparked brightly. The spark was a quote by Father Wasson, the founder of the organizations that now offers hope and a helping hand to thousands of orphans in Central and South America. He said, “You may only be one person in the world, but you may be all the world to one child.” All the world.

So here I am, in front of my computer on Monday morning. Because what I do at NPower matters. The money I raise and the community connections I foster are connected to the work that community partners like Friends of the Orphans do. Yes, there are monotonous and irksome moments. And I wade through those moments because I hold for the bigger picture of a thriving nonprofit sector that houses families, educates kids, grows gardens, encourages clean energy use, and keeps us all healthy and inspired.

Thank you Friends of the Orphans and all of the community partners that NPower has the honor to support!

– Peg Giffels