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Photo by Alex Green Our purpose in life is to help people and to love. Being helpful is love in action. One way we help people is through work. Our life’s work, our career’s work, our work as a parent, friend, or neighbor. The measure of a person is how well we love others. Love… Continue reading How to Make the Connection Between Love and Work
You will never be 100% ready. And you don't have to do it perfectly.
These days I am doing much of my writing on Medium.com. To see a feed of the last 10 stories published there, go to: https://mljudd.com/medium-rss-feed/
Image from Pixabay But not with magical thinking Give dreams life by taking action Tiny actions Stacked one by one Stretched out over time Dreams become reality When thoughts become actions
What would you say if I asked you if you had the best year of your life?
The practice of daily gratitude has made me calmer, happier, and more resilient this year. I include gratitude in my daily journal. I have thanked God for gifts in my life. But I have not personally thanked humans for their kindness to me and my family in a tangible and meaningful way nearly enough. So, instead of Christmas cards, I am going to send thank you cards.
How much time do you spend trying to get control over what happens in your life? Uncertainty can even be exciting if we view it as an opportunity.
Have you started something new and felt really good about keeping it going for days, weeks, or months only to hit a roadblock? Yeah, me too, all the time. But I am getting better a picking myself up, and you can, too.
Why do some people want to retire as soon as possible? Why do people say they will never retire? When your work is meaningful and self-directed don't have to quit working.
What you choose to do with that time tells you what you desire most and helps you achieve it. It's an answer to that cliched career question: "If you didn't have to worry about money, what would you choose to do with your life?" Being kind to myself turned out to be the best way to identify and work on my dream.
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