Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do

Do you frequently feel unfilled, uninspired, overworked, or overloaded? Are you constantly striving to achieve something, but feel that your goal keep moving further away from you? Let's look at the reason for that frustration, and why it is keeping you from the happiness you seek. 

Most of us just try to survive our daily routine. We ignore our health in the hustle. The process of working 24/7 to earn something , whether it is money, great grades, or a better social life. It is important to discover the core of this problem before trying to find the solution. This means you must get back to the basics: Identify your goals and decide if they are really what you want, or if they have been put upon you by some other factor in your life.

There are many reasons to pursue what you love. The first and the foremost is that it is a way to express your freedom. Making your own decisions and having the ability to filter out the noise defines your freedom. It is the human psychology that man craves to be independent and prefers to make his own decisions. This freedom of choice frees you from the traps in your mind. For example, if you have this feeling of bondage and obligation, and it will stop you from being as effective you could be shutting you down. So what makes you effective? Your desire to do your work makes you effective. Guess what, you only have that desire for work when you feel truly passionate about it. According to the Business News Daily, 

For a productive society -- and a productive self -- it is important that you are all in when it comes to your work and doing what you love. If you are passionate about something, you will do it with dedication and gusto. 

It is also true the other way around, you should love what you do. This motivates you to set and achieve goals. The feeling of achievement lifts your mind and body, which further motivates you to perform better. Doing what you love and loving what you do is important for  a healthy state of mind. 

So I leave you with this... "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make "manifest" the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"