| You work because you have bills to pay. | | | | talents, interests and skills. |
| Or do you? | | | | It is said that precocious Pablo Picasso refused to |
| The fortunate ones work because they love what | | | | start school in Spain unless he was allowed to draw |
| they do, not because of the bills. Even if they won the | | | | whenever he wanted. Fortunately, his parents and |
| lottery, they'd still get up every morning doing what | | | | teachers saw the potential and gave him what he |
| they love. | | | | wanted. Do you feel that passionate about the work |
| How about you? | | | | that you do? Is your career like breathing to you? |
| In discovering your life's work, you will not only find out | | | | In a recent New York Daily News article, writer Bill |
| who you are, but spiritually find far more to your | | | | Manville describes spirituality as more than religion, |
| career choice than meets the eye. Unless we were | | | | giving way to the idea that God is more involved with |
| thinking of joining the church as a priest, preacher, or | | | | our lives than we originally thought. He says, "My belief |
| nun, who'd have thought spirituality and our careers | | | | is the life of the spirit covers a vast rainbow of ideas, |
| would go together? They do and I'll show you how, | | | | religion being only one...but to me, spirituality includes just |
| right now. | | | | about every value invisible to your accountant." So, to |
| Your soul is that part of your being which came from | | | | find the perfect career, you only need the following: |
| God. The day you were born you already had all the | | | | - A belief in some kind of God or Spiritual Creator |
| talents, interests and skills you were ever going to | | | | - A recognition that you have unique spiritual gifts |
| need to make a beautiful life for yourself. As we grow | | | | which include talents, interests and skills |
| older, many of us forget these God-given gifts and the | | | | - A willingness to look deeply within yourself and ask |
| purpose of our birth. But the way we discover who | | | | the right questions |
| we are is to remember our gifts. | | | | What are the right questions? Easy. |
| Sometimes our talents are readily noticeable at a very | | | | - Why am I here? |
| young age, such as with child prodigies. According to | | | | - What is my purpose? |
| CNN.com/living author, Rick Chillot, "It's said the Pablo | | | | - What is my favorite skill? |
| Picasso had an interest in drawing even before he | | | | - What is my favorite talent? |
| could speak. Perhaps that's why, once he finally could | | | | - What am I most interested in? |
| talk, he immediately started demanding that his father | | | | How can I make use of my favorite skill, talent and |
| (an artist himself) give him his paintbrushes."Today we | | | | interest and make a living, while contributing to society? |
| know that your career is nothing more than one | | | | It may be that it's time to consider building a business |
| perfect opportunity to make use of your gifts, thereby | | | | from home, matching your gifts to your business. |
| discovering who you are and why you are here. The | | | | Easy, right? Well, maybe not easy, but definitely |
| whole process involves recognizing your connection to | | | | interesting. You have a purpose and there is a reason |
| God and finding work that you dearly love. Your | | | | why you're here. When will you start? |
| career is the perfect outlet for making use of your | | | | |