Your Holiday Bonus Won't Make You as Rich as the Invaluable Work You Do!Articles this time of year tell parents what to give their nannies for holiday, or year-end, bonuses and gifts. Although all nannies hope for hard cold cash, (as cleverly stated by nanny Sue Downey), I think that a truly prosperous nanny is not rich because of the sum in their bank account.
Kenneth Aldridge, explains that what you do with your money will make you rich or poor. But, being rich doesn't mean you can have whatever you want. Is there anyone who can go to a store and give the cashier enough cash to buy joy? Is our bank account huge enough to write a check for peace? Can we purchase real love on credit? Cars cannot drive us on a route that will fulfill us. A mansion in all of it's splendor does not have the ability to complete us.
None of these things have the propensity to be bought or transferred through any other means but by spiritual abundance.
Adapted from The Voice in the Wilderness
1. Money can buy a bed, but not sleep.
2. Money can buy books, but not brains.
3. Money can buy food, but not appetite.
4. Money can buy finery, but not beauty.
5. Money can buy a house, but not a home.
6. Money can buy medicine, but not health.
7. Money can buy luxuries, but not culture.
8. Money can buy amusements, but not happiness.
9. Money can buy companionship, but not friends.
10. Money can buy the good life, but not eternal life.
If you find satisfaction in helping raise a happy, healthy, secure child then working as a nanny makes you rich. Hearing a child's first words, sparking their curiosity, encouraging their self-esteem, helping them through challenges, just knowing you are helping raise a child to be the best that they can be, is what makes a nanny rich. Nannies ought to feel prosperous through the work that they do.
How can you even put a price on raising a child? Is there anything more important? In fact, a nannies work is priceless.
So don't judge your job or self-worth on the size of your holiday bonus this year. It is the work that you do that should be rewarding and what makes a nanny rich.
What do you love most about working as a nanny?
