Why Not Go Straight To Happy?
ByWhat does the word career mean to you?
How about Life’s work?
Some people hold the belief that their career should be their life’s work. Built into this is the pre-packaged belief that you choose a career and expect to live happily ever after within one topic forever more.
Sounds kind of limiting. If I think back, my interests have grown, shifted and expanded many times over. I believe this is our essential nature, to grow and expand our desires and interests. If this is true, it would make sense that many of us go through periods of finding ourselves in jobs that no longer serve us or not being able to focus on one topic of interest for very long.
This often leads to confusion and stress, and the people around you wondering when you are going to get it together, make a decision, and settle down. That is what you are SUPPOSED to do right?
Well, what if you decided to make your career/life’s work the pursuit of happiness? If you are going to live forever more in one topic, then it might as well be something that feels good.
What if you made it your job to align yourself with activites and events that made you feel alive, tapped in and inspired ?
Some may ask " what about making money?"
Try this idea on for size: For many of you, money = happiness and freedom. So if you are doing your job and feeling good then the money will naturally show up. That is what Law of Attraction is all about. You get more of your primary thoughts and feelings.
I suggest making a "career" out of living a happy life and not focusing on finding a job that will produce enough income so that you can then do the things that you think will make you happy. Why not go straight to happy?
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March 1st, 2009 at 7:44 am
“Career” means “out-of-control” and “going all over the place”. Perhaps it is time we took some control !!
My life’s work is to save the world. This ambition has sent me on a tough and lonely journey with much unhappiness. But, it has been a journey with many significant compensations. Have you heard of delayed gratification? I think that my happiness is on hold because I have other more important things to attend to. I expect to be the happiest human being alive in the long run. Have you heard that he who laughs last laughs longest? And, now, at the age of 52, I finally feel equipped to do what I am here for. So, perhaps now, I can start giving much greater priority to my personal needs and to my own personal happiness. So, if my life is anything to go by, then make sure that you are adequately equipped for you own life’s purpose before rushing towards personal happiness. But then, according to my philosophy there are no rights and wrongs — just do what you have to do and see where it takes you !!