Spirit and Money: creating a life of joy creating happiness creating your life on purpose intention mindset of success work and play
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Is It Work or Play?
Why not both?
I had always envied those people who were able to say they “never worked a day in their life.” That everything they did seemed like play to them and whatever they played at they were able to get paid for!
Talk about a Holy Grail! Or hitting a lottery!
Can’t tell you how many self-development books I read and CDs I listened to or how many seminars I attended trying to wring out the secret these people held.
I was stumped until I read this and real-ized how elegantly simple the solution is:
“The difference between work and play is nothing more than your preconceived idea about the activity. It may sound crazy but it’s true.
“The way you feel about doing something is directly related to the way you think. By choice, you are the one who determines the amount of enjoyment you get out of your pursuits. In fact, you can get satisfaction from everything you do by giving yourself totally to all of your endeavors. However, the only way you can experience that kind of freedom is when you no longer associate survival with what you’re doing. That way, you’re not attached to the outcome, which means you have nothing to lose.
“Now here’s the whole thing in a nutshell. If you have nothing to lose, there’s no fear, and if you have no fear, you’re free – free from any idea associated with what you do.
ONCE YOU GIVE UP YOUR CONCERN
ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE DOING,
YOU CAN BE FREE OF FEAR,
AND THAT’S THE ONLY
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WORK AND PLAY.
“By letting go of your concern, you are free of your mind’s influence. Then and only then can you get as much enjoyment out of work as you do from play. Then you can come from enjoyment rather than trying to find it. It is that simple!
“As you can see, the way you experience something is totally up to you. To use this knowledge is your birthright - your right to create the experience of joy in your life.”
And joy in your work. Or is it play?
- Quoted with deep gratitude to George Lavenia, from his book What You Think is What You Get.
What It Takes To Win: attention creating a life of joy creating happiness creating your life on purpose mindset of success
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The Beginning of Wisdom
“The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality, or whatever you like to call it, can never be answered by books, by priests or ministers or rabbis, by philosophers or saviors. Nobody and nothing can answer the question but YOU yourself and that is why you must know yourself.
Immaturity lies only in total ignorance of self. To understand yourself is the Beginning of Wisdom.”
And Success.
The Aphorism Salon: attention creating a life of joy creating your life on purpose intention power of intention power of thought
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The Power of Intention
I’ve written before about the Power of Intention when coupled with the Power of Attention. Together they are what constitutes the Law of Attraction.
Did you ever feel like you had to go to some family affair but your heart was just not in it? You were convinced from the start that it would be a huge drag and waste of your time. But you went. And guess what? It was!
Have you ever looked forward to one of these get-togethers anticipating seeing cousins or a favorite aunt or uncle that you hadn’t seen in a long time and so expected to have a great time? And you did!
“Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right.” So said Henry Ford. And he was talking about the Power of Intention.
Sticking with our example of looking forward to seeing your long missed relative and expecting you will enjoy the visit, where do you think your Attention will be once you arrive? Probably seeking them out, don’t you think?
Put it in your mind you’ll have a great or terrible time, and you’re programming yourself to do just that. This is what the Power of Intention is all about.
With the Intention of enjoying seeing them and the attentive action of going to the affair, you’ve guaranteed your good time.
Do you think this might work on a larger scale, daily, in your life and work and other relationships? You might not have real-ized this yet, but the outcome you expect and intend to have is very often the one you get.
How do you feel about that?
Have a wonderful and joyous Thanksgiving holiday, intent on appreciating all your blessings. And you will!
What It Takes To Win: creating a life of joy creating happiness creating your life on purpose finding passion meaning of life my life's desire my purpose in life purpose of life
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Uncovering Your Passion
When faced with the question, “What is your life’s passion?”, many are stumped.
So many of us at one time or another have fallen into jobs or careers because of either an interest – but not a passion – or worse, others’ expectations of us.
The results? “I hate my job. I hate my life.”
Here are six simple questions to help bring you to that special place where you might just be a bit afraid to look. You probably have heard one or two of them but grab a hot drink and let these isolate what it is that lights your fire, floats your boat or just won’t leave you alone! (Don’t rush through this no matter how anxious it may make you. The best answers are the ones you may have to dig a little to get. Or just wait silently for as they bubble to the surface.)
- You have all the money you could possibly dream of so what would you do now since money is not part of the picture?
- If failure & all accompanying fears were also removed from the picture, what would you do?
- When you have some free time what do you enjoy doing most?
- What are you so good at doing that people seek you out in order to get some advice?
- My favorite: Determine the common thread between your favorite TV shows & movies and the kinds of books & magazines you love to read.
- What – if anything – do you enjoy doing in your current work or job?
Your passion has to be a bit like religion: it has to give or highlight a purpose that you will not easily surrender, if at all, and that you could never imagine living without. Or it just isn’t a passion.
The Aphorism Salon: attraction by thought creating a life of joy creating your life on purpose relationship building
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The Aphorism Salon – Make Peace With Your Past . . .
There is a controversy of sorts on one of the better networking sites right now. One of the regular contributors to the site posted a statement in the forum accusing a networking guru of some unscrupulous activity, without naming names or providing proof of the allegations. Many of the comments have been lauding the accuser’s actions, none of which are substantiated, and calling the accuser courageous for “outing” the guru.
I prefer not to get into the particulars since they don’t add anything to my purpose for writing about this episode. However, I will mention this fact: the person who posted the unfounded allegations was at one time in this particular guru’s downline, which probably explains quite a lot. 
Attraction Marketing, all the rage in networking, comes down to this: You attract what You project. Put on a happy, positive face; voice a grateful and respectful message and you’ll attract those who you’ll want to work with, those who see life as ‘giving before getting’, and those who approach it as a vast sea of pure potential that can be molded to their desires by first aligning their own hearts and minds and then masterminding with yours and others in your business or on your team.
Or you and they can go through life bitter and resentful, attracting malcontents hellbent on pulling down instead of building up lives. As usual John’s salon had an aphorism in its window that could serve us all:
MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR PAST SO IT WON’T SCREW UP YOUR PRESENT.
The choice as always is yours. We are all indeed self-made. Be one of the successful ones who will proudly admit personal power, accepting the accolades and assuming the responsibilities.
How do you feel about that?
The Aphorism Salon: attention creating a life of joy creating happiness creating your life on purpose finding passion meaning of life mindset of success my life's desire
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The Aphorism Salon – Aspiring to Inspire
In an earlier post entitled, “LIFE IS TOUGH. . . IT’S EVEN TOUGHER WHEN YOU’RE IGNORANT”, I wrote about the shop window displaying a whiteboard sharing such aphorisms. The owner of the shop, actually a hair salon, is John, a stocky, handsome man who set himself free from the “nightmare of living” to find the “joy of life”.
Our conversation was rich in wisdom. These bullets highlight some of what John has shared with me:
- “Look how miserable people seem. They walk around with a nightmare on their faces. They engage in competitive suffering. Listen to them: ‘You think you got it bad . . .’”
- “I was miserable once too. Bad marriage. There was love there but just because you love someone doesn’t mean they’re right for you. Maybe they’re not brining the best out of you.”
After an amicable divorce John sought his freedom. And joy.
- “You have to create your own happiness. It’s not handed to you. It’s a decision you have to make.”
- “You have to create your life. The way you desire it to be.”
I asked him where he found the brilliant aphorisms he posts, changing them about once a week in his salon window. “Here and there. From many sources. Wisdom is everywhere. You just have to look.”
- “To get what you want, help others get what they want.”
- “The more people you help get what they desire, the faster you’ll have your desires fulfilled.”
So here’s your invitation to visit this site regularly for more from John’s Aphorism Salon. Let me know what you think, like or don’t like. Thanks!
