Do you remember the feeling of seeing someone you were
attracted? It makes the heart bump, doesn’t it?
Have you ever stood on stage in front of a sea of faces that you
know well and pulled out your notes to make a speech? Boy does
the vibration of shaking liven you up!
Have you ever felt the breeze on your face, either during a
hot-air balloon ride or by sticking your head through the car
sunroof? It wakes your senses up, doesn’t it?
And on a scale of 1-10 how much does your heart bump, body shake
and senses wake when you do your day job? I bet you can
practically do the tasks with your eyes shut. In fact I bet
there are days when you feel like you did have your eyes shut?
Most people don’t feel awakened by their day jobs. Their role
lacks excitement and the chores get done with a distinct lack of
passion. In many places of work you often hear people making a,
“If I have to work for a living I’d sooner do something I
enjoy,” kind of statement.
However finding or creating work that engages you to the extent
that you lose track of time isn’t easy, is it?
Many people find themselves in the place of having money and all
the trappings, yet still feel unhappy and not knowing why.
Part of the issue here is that they/you probably don’t attach
any other meaning to work except the money taken home at the end
of the month. And if you won the lottery this weekend, would we
see you at work on Monday?
Probably not.
But I want to give you an example of a guy I know living his
life purposefully and totally engaged in his work. He used to be
obese. He used to pack in a minimum nine hours sleep each night,
he often got ill and he was forever counting the clock down at
work.
Now he has lost 84 pounds, works in timeless awareness – where
time slips by unnoticed – sleeps on average 5-6 hrs per night
and wakes up raring to go in the morning. In fact on a summer
morning he’s worked for an hour, jogged six miles, done an hours
yoga and is sitting at the breakfast table by 8am. Also he’s not
seen a doctor in three years and had only one cold or virus!
The weight loss will give him years extra to live and the lack
of pharmaceutical drugs in his body means his major organs are
no longer breaking down and continuing the illness cycle. And
the extra hours he now has because he is not sleeping… well
these give him just over two moths extra living each year!
And the good news is he began as an ‘ordinary’ person and
learned to make extra-ordinary changes when he discovered and
began to understand his Life Purpose.
If you don’t feel engaged in your work it is probably because
you are not working close to your life purpose or because your
natural talent and ability is being choked.
If you feel apathy in your work, lethargic or are suffer from
weight issues it is well worth taking a look at your life
purpose.
Best Wishes
Jo