Labor of Love
What’s the most difficult task that you face on a regular basis? For some, the heaviest weight at the gym is the front door — Is it getting shape? Some people don’t enjoy what they do for a living. Is your job just a place that you go to just to make money? What about your people skills? Does going out in public and interacting with people trigger you?
Whatever it is that you dread doing I want to challenge you to do it from a different perspective and that is to simply not look at that thing as a burdensome chore. Instead, find some joy or excitement in it. The examples that I gave are things that we must do in life, right? Can we all agree that we need to have a good measure of health, earn money to live, and interact with the general public?
I mean most of us make our own decisions and that means that you signed up for whatever it is that you may gripe about. Just remember that you signed up for it. I guarantee that the morale will increase if you were to put a little adoration into it. Life is about making choices so just make good choices — choices that you can actually live with and be at peace with.
We live in a world that is constantly moving forward. Let what you do be done out of love and admiration. That will, in turn, lead to a joyous life instead of one that leaves you drained and looking forward to the end of the day. Create a daily habit of doing your best while being your best. Not only will it leave you feeling good but think about how contagious that minor, yet consistent, action can be.
We’ve all been in places or situations where someone’s negative energy could be felt, right? It can be easy to match their energy but that will never make the situation better. Instead, when we respond from a different place — one of peace, it can oftentimes deescalate the situation. I get it, some people are just on edge, all the time, but that doesn’t mean that we have to go low to meet them. Everyone has their own set of issues to deal with so lifting someone up whose been down is a really cool thing to do.
Be honest, have you ever been rude to someone and they were still kind to you in return when you know you didn’t deserve their kindness. How did you feel after the fact? Maybe you were kind to the rude person. Do you recall if there was a shift in their energy following the interaction? Sometimes we may never know due to an ego being too big or we just may never see that person again in life.
It doesn’t matter if you’re on your job, at home, or going about your daily life; an act of kindness and your labor of love will, almost, always leave a good impression. In fact, most people pay it forward because of euphoria. When we feel good, we tend to make others feel good. Not in a “people pleasing” manor but genuine kindness. In the same way that “hurt people, hurt people”. It’s a personal choice.
Love yourself, love the opportunities afforded to you, love those you may find difficult to deal with (people just might find you difficult too), love what you learn and share what you know. At the very least, it will only cost you your attention and your intention. What you get in return is determined by you and that can be priceless! I want to remind you that loving what you do improves what you do.
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