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Archived Essays:
#4 Finding
Your Passion ...
"Make Love, Not Time"
One of my
coaching clients was feeling crunched for time, stressed,
somewhat fatigued and beginning to see almost everything as a
have-to-do. (Raise your hand if you always have too much time &
energy in your life and can’t relate at all.
J
)
A
fascinating light bulb moment occurred to him when he caught
himself totally enthused about creating a special Halloween
costume for a party. Wasn’t it curious how he somehow found the
time and energy to devote to this creation amidst an already
crowded, potentially overwhelming schedule. In spite of a busy
month, I somehow found extra energy, going to some trouble to
make chocolate spiders and decorate for Halloween. (I also
remember my "New Choices" workshop program and binder writing
itself with passionate late nights at the computer while I was
still doing consulting as my day job.)
Hit the
pause button and recall times when you have experienced
something similar.
The life
lesson seems to be --When the passion is there, we create the
time.
(I am not
encouraging you to just cram more into your busy life.
J
)
So, the
trick is to always be discovering our "Passion Points"---
noticing what is fulfilling, what is not and proactively
creating more fulfillment opportunities. Be careful to not
mistake the surface stuff for your true passion. It’s not about
the Halloween costume. What’s underneath that?…creative
expression, playfulness, recognition from sharing the creation,
etc. Each of us needs to be on a quest for becoming our true
selves—finding those gifts that produce that aliveness in the
moment. Be aware that it’s not necessarily what we do for income
(seek in the bigger picture/whole life). I believe all of us
find our joy in knowing our gifts and sharing these in the
world. So, this holiday season, keep "shopping" for your gifts!
Question/Tool:
Go hunting
for Passion Points in your memories of fulfillment zones and
look for clues of values honored and needs met. Start a daily
awareness journal for a while, noting what you discover in each
day about Passion Points… or "Energizers vs. Drainers." Then,
imagine proactively creating more Passion Point opportunities in
your daily work/life. What will you try this week?
Book Suggestion:
"How
Much Joy Can You Stand?" by Suzanne Falter-Barnes is an
easy-to-digest small book with many "Try this" exercises to
renew passion and curb entropy.
"Live up
to the light you have, and more will be granted."
- From a Quaker Journal
Be well…be
inspired,
Marian
Selected as one of 50 top coaches in America, master certified
coach, author and speaker Marian Baker has coached and led
workshops with hundreds of clients from business and personal
growth communities since 1996. She loves this work, admires her
clients and falls asleep grateful. Excerpts of the new book,
Wake Up Inspired andother free resources are now available
at
www.MarianBaker.com.
Copyright 2006 Marian Baker.
Reprintable only when whole content copied and full credit
included. Thank you.
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