It is Labor Day, a day that America thinks of as   the end of summer. It is also the day we give tribute to all the hard laborers that work all year long at their grueling jobs. One of our most famous worker is America’s most experienced Astronaut. 

This year has been a very sad laborious task of workers having to carry 183,000 dead bodies to their graves due to our very own uncontrollable disease not squashed by Trump at all.  That was a laborious task .This year many had to volunteer to hand out food to folks in long lines. Laborers still work hard to reconvene restaurants so we can eat safely apart. Teachers now have to be trained to conduct their laborious classes on computer screens now.  I hope they can take today off from work today but I doubt it. Nothing stops a motivated good worker.

Why do we all work anyway? We work because we love. It is even a greater reward for our labors if we can work doing a task that we love to do. We love people and want to create the best lives we possibly can afford to do for the people we love. Some are high maintenance and need to buy a lot of stuff to keep themselves happy so they need skills that can earn lots of money for themselves. Others don’t need much in terms of materialistic things. They just need a roof to sleep under and a few meals a day. We all work for happiness and sometimes taking that day off is all the happiness we need. Some will get paid time and a half if they work today at some retail store pushing their Labor Day sales. The extra money they earn today will bring them happiness. So, Labor Day must really mean a form of happiness.

Maybe you are tired of working hard at your jobs or now are at an age when people have to slow down, their bodies can’t do it all anymore. Today you can sit back and try to figure out how much money you estimate you will need for retirement. How many years would that money last you? How long will I even live? We need to plan for income that will last all of our retirement and maybe bit of money for investments or an inheritance for those we love after death too. I guess I have to go back to work to get all that but not today. It is Labor Day and I will have some time to reflect on all my labors so far. Enjoy!