As Valentine’s Day is about to be here, I find myself reflecting on all that I love about life, including my career.  In some areas I need to return to love, the love I had for it in the first place.  

This embracing of love gives me a sense of true satisfaction and acceptance permeats my life.  There’s no push or struggle and things happen in there more natural order.  This affects the way I doggedly pursue results and transforms it to a simpler approach that is more gentle to myself, even while it becomes less about me and more about the joy of giving service to others. 

There’s nothing wrong with having achievement goals, working towards them and accomplishing them – but if in that process you feel bogged down with the weight of “getting there,” then you’re not in the magic of day-to-day living and you’re not in love with who you are as you are now.  You’re striving for results in vain. You are disconnected to what it means to live a purposeful life.

Attention to Meaning – Finding Your Life Purpose, is a movie I rented and watched last night.  It is about Dr. Wayne Dyer’s concepts for life.  It’s a very rich and inspiring film.  Even though everything he talked about stems from love, no where in the film does he use the word, “love.”   I wondered if it’s because the word is so overused and diluted, that it doesn’t  hold the same meaning for all of us. 

I plan to return to a conscious love as the motivation for my choices and actions.  One ritual I already have is starting each morning waking in love with the wonder and beauty of another day, whether rain or shine.  That one, conscious awareness to love, saturates my day and it helps me focus on matters of importance and how best to address them.

Marianne Williamson, spiritual activist, author, and international lecturer said, “If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you.”   Let Valentine’s Day be a reminder to let love guide your choices and actions and reach out generously to others who need to be reminded too.

Tags: achieving goals, career passion, love for your career, purposeful life, Valentine's Day

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