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Making a Living
 It may surprise many to know my 'real'
job, the one that pays the everyday bills, is as a Rent Officer for Local
Government. That means I contact people who are late in paying their rent and
arrange payment-plans to bring the account up to date. When these are broken I
apply to Court and agree terms for Court Orders, and when these are breached I
apply to evict the offending tenants, attending the eviction and carrying out an
inventory of goods left in the premises. The tenant is later billed, not just
for the outstanding rent, but also for any costs in clearing the property and in
storing any items prior to disposal.
Not a very 'Enlightening' job for an
Enlightened person... is it?
The point of this is to show you there is
no 'right' or 'wrong' job, other than the one you are doing. If it is disturbing
you, then look to see if you can do anything about it, but until something changes,
accept you are doing it until the change occurs. Otherwise you will be trapped
between what is and what you want, and neither will be the truth. Sometimes we
must do things the mind and emotions don't want to do, in order to learn from
the experience and move on. To walk out of a situation before 'it is time' will
only cut the experience short, leaving the lesson still to be learned. The only
way to know whether it is 'time' or not, is to feel inside and do what seems
right. The mind will always judge what it deems to be 'right' or 'wrong', but it
doesn't really have a clue. What 'is', is 'right' or it could not be; but that
doesn't mean it has to stay this way for ever. Things change all the time and
you will learn that as you change so does your environment; this is indeed your
life.
Just do what you do. Whatever you do is
right, but that doesn't mean you will always have to do it.
by
Nick Roach
Ps. Since creating this page, having been in debt
collection for a total of 5½
years as a Rent Officer and with car finance, it was time for a change. Nick is
still with the same council, but since June 06 in the more 'positive' position of
'Neighbourhood Officer', with all the new responsibilities and challenges that
go with this.
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