"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" Confucius

If you do not love what you do & do what you love,
are you doing your life’s work . . . or Just a Job?

Relatively few people have ever taken a time-out from the rat race to THINK and to ask themselves, “Is my work just a job or visible love?”

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.” - Henry Ford

“Enthusiasm is unmistakable evidence that you’re in love with your work.” – Anonymous

For most people, a job is something they have to do. It’s not a “want-to” ..... it’s more of a “have-to.”

However, your general health and well-being depend upon choosing work that is in tune with your passion and values. Your personal satisfaction and healthy self-image depend on it. After you have determined WHAT you love, look around for examples of people who have made a living (and a life) by doing that. Learn what you can from others and then proceed in your own unique way. The next step is to make an intention to discover ways to make your living (and your life) while actively engaged in your favorite activities. When you are absorbed in activities related to your passions, you feel inspired.

You shouldn’t choose a career based on what it pays or how practical it seems. If you do, your life is reduced to a vicious cycle of work and pay. You should do what interests you.

Playing at Work
“The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.” - Charles Schwab

After awhile, the line between work and play dissolves. You get in the "flow", the "zone" and time flies by.

“The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually became wealthy clearly reveals that their “luck” arose from dedication they had to an arena they enjoyed.” - Srully D. Blotnick

Those of us interested in on-going personal growth intend that our lives continue to get better and better, as our outer actions continue to get into better alignment with our inner being. How do we do this?

A good start is to do what you love.

“When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.” - Maxim Gorky

“It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe. Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.” - Thomas Carlyle

So, "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" - Confucius

Please retain your child-like curiosity and enthusiasm; your passion; your innate goodness and the desire to explore, play, enjoy and have fun. Love Agape, anyone?


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