Hello lovely people
Frank Joseph said “Following a vocation, that inner call, is not self-indulgence or an excuse for laziness. Doing what one really wants to do is hard work, but it is self-fulfilling as nothing else can be. It is the ultimate key to personal happiness in the physical world.”
Most of us grow up believing that we have to work for another person. There is nothing wrong with that, as long as you live your life’s passion. It is possible to be a very competent employee and get great joy out of what you are doing.
But what if you do not live your life’s passion? What if you are one of the millions of people who get up every Monday morning and dread the week ahead because you anticipate so much stress?
If you are one of the people who spend all your energy on realizing someone else’s passion, then you are not living an authentic life. You are ignoring your inner voice and your passion.
If I ask what you would like to do with your life when you have all the time and money in the world and no restrictions, you will have an answer ready. We all know what we want to do “one day”.
But what if that is really your life’s dream? What if you spend most of your life dreaming and you only have a few years left for doing?
Oh, yes, I can hear you saying but what if I lose everything? What if it does not work out? What if I find that I was wrong?
Marianne Williamson said “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
So I ask you: what if you gain far more than you anticipate? What if you achieve your wildest dreams? What if you are challenged to achieve even more and to make an ever greater contribution to the world?
Living an authentic life means following your heart. Are you following your heart?
Please leave a comment if you feel inspired.
Love and Light
Elsabe
PS: I am a professional transition coach. I help individuals and businesses to achieve their personal and commercial objectives.
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l have recently retired and live on a badly performing pension( a third of what was was promised) but for the first time for many years l live a life which is stress free, l look forward to the week ahead, no longer get upset by political or economic news and do the things l always wanted to do but never had the time to do.
Yes l was one of those capitalist foot soldiers whose fortunes went up or down depending on who was in charge of my working life at the time,- l spent a lot of time praying that my boss of the day would be promoted out of my department, and out of my life,- sometimes prayed that they would be run over by a bus . l have worked for firms where l was well employed and worked for those where l was badly employed and hated every day at work. My advice is become self employed if at all possible, even if all you do is fix lawn-mowers, l found twenty years ago that being your own boss is happiness and contentment all wrapped up in one. l would spend every Sunday evening planning the week ahead and set that time aside so l could answer any calls from my employees who had concerns or problems that might affect the working week ahead, this was essential as l learnt more in these phone calls than l would when it was all go-go during the week and used that time to bond with them and to convey the message that they worked “with” me and not for me, the exact opposite of which l experienced when l was an employee.
Thank you, Colin. I love to hear from people who have broken out of the mould and found their calling. Love and Light to you.