WHAT IS YOUR PASSION? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 173

Do you know what your passion is?  Do you allow it to come to the surface of your thoughts and plans? Does your current job either incorporate your passion or allow you time to pursue it on your own time? Have you locked yourself into a job, a relationship, or a situation which prevents you from pursuing your passion?  Sometimes we are already locked in before we even recognize our passion, but we should not let that stop us from pursuing it.  Block out time on your calendar even if it is only 30 minutes a day and start nurturing your passion.  Get up earlier, go to bed later, trade childcare with a neighbor or friend, ask your spouse or significant other to trade chores with you so that both of you have time for your personal passions.

Finding your passion in life will illuminate the dark times and make you feel more alive and vibrant than you have ever before felt.  It will be like a fire burning within you and give you more joy than you can imagine. Each morning tell yourself to

KINDLE YOUR FIRE!

DO YOU NURTURE IT? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 167

All of us have a spark in us that can ignite into a great passion to fulfill our goals and dreams.  Sometimes it is a tiny spark, and sometimes that spark seems to have died if childhood has been rough, if adulthood has not been easy, or if you have ignored it for too long.

What do you do to keep your spark alive and growing?  Are you even aware that you have a spark?  Even if it is tiny or has become weak over time, be still and let it make itself known to you.  If you already are aware of it, then make sure to help it grow.

Each day regardless of what is happening in your life, tell yourself to pay attention and

NURTURE YOUR SPARK!

LIKE IT OR LOVE IT? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 49

When you are young your life stretches out in front of you as if you are going to live forever.  As you get older you learn that time flies by and life is fragile so you should not waste any of it.  Since adults spend most of their waking hours working, it makes sense that the work you do should be something about which you feel very passionate.  When you are really following your passion it won't even seem like work.

Today's message is:

LOVE WHAT YOU DO!

IF NOT YOU, WHO? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 36

What is your hope?  What is your dream?  What is your goal?  What is your passion?  What is your need?

Don't sit around waiting for someone else to fulfill your hopes and dreams, to achieve your goals, to fuel your passion or meet your needs.  Even if you just take the first step that is progress, and then a second step, and then a third, etc.  Have confidence in yourself, and believe you can do it.

Today's message is:

Make it happen!

Do I Take Things Too Literally?

When people tell me they are going to do something, I expect them to do it.  I expect them to do it when they say they will do it, and I expect if they are unable to do it that they will contact me and tell me they are NOT going to do it.  They should either explain why they cannot do it, or they should give a new date by when they will do it.  I don't care if it is returning a phone call, following up on a service request, scheduling an appointment, providing information, or anything else; it matters not if they think their commitment is mundane.  It is NOT mundane to me.  Phone calls should be returned within the same day whenever possible or at least within 24 hours.  Follow-up is crucial so they should not drop the ball and never get back to their customers or clients.  Connecting the dots and using common sense should be requirements for all persons who holds jobs.  If they are unable to use their common sense or to connect the dots to see a conclusion based on their actions or lack thereof, then the people employing them should provide training to them and require that they not be too lazy to practice what they are taught.  We are
becoming a nation drowning in incompetence, ineptness, apathy, and even downright ignorance.  How did this happen to America?  Even in professions as crucial as healthcare, a doctor recently told me that he is increasingly frustrated because it seems no one has passion for their work anymore.  He said they just want to put in their shift hours, get their money and go home, and they really do not care about the patients.  Needless to say, as I face my upcoming surgery I hope I do not end up on the hospital floor where those types are.  A sad commentary on the times in which we are living!