Somebody asked me the other day how many hours I work each week. I was taken aback. First, I don’t work – I love what I do and I don’t consider it “work”. I tend to meditate, rest, play and work with clients, blend it all together, and call the delicious mixture “life”. It is all a seamless whole for me – there is no separation between “work” and “play” – it is all one. I try to live what I teach – separateness is an illusion; everything is ONE.
Sometimes, someone has said it better than any of us could:
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
George Bernard Shaw
Brilliant. There are no divisions in life. It is whole and complete.
“Love what you do and you’ll never work a day in your life.” You truly are a model of living what you teach my friend… I try to follow in your footsteps every day!
Namaste,
Bob
Delightful retort and that is what keeps you going on high octane. Hugs
I travel extensively and am in the office more hours than I have been in any other job that I have ever had. But I know that everything me and my team do is to serve people in need across the world. it might not always be perfect but everyday we try to make the world a better place…so yes, I don’t work, I contribute to a better planet!
I do love my “work”…which appears to others as “play.”
In my “encore” career, I am a Tour Director. 38.5 years of working with middle school students in one location prepared me well for this kind of “work.”
So far this summer I have accompanied interesting, curious, well educated and well traveled adults on four Road Scholar programs. It IS work…and yet I LOVE everything about it.
Dear Lance,
GBS had a great way with words but he also recognised the 2-way nature of communication when he said:“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
Oh, that’s a good one to meditate on, isn’t it?