tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181957102012-02-16T03:01:45.625-08:00<p><b>Workasjoyworkasjoyasworkasjoyasworkasjoyasworkasjoy</b></p> <p align="right"><em>Copyright 2005-2008, all rights reserved, L. Kathryn Grace</em></p>Kathryn Gracenoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18195710.post-1139759178620204022006-09-03T14:45:00.000-07:002008-12-27T10:32:56.535-08:00

If you are feeling overwhelmed about the risks you must take to achieve your dream, consider C.J. Hayden's story. A runaway at 15, she lived on the streets for a year before she found work that would pay the rent on a room of her own in a shared apartment.In that year, she was raped, became a drug addict, and struggled every day for survival and a way out.She made it.Today she is a college

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First and most important is developing clarity of vision, a vision of what makes your heart sing. Second, synchronicity plays a big part. If the vision is clear, synchronicity can take over. Third, you must have a high sense of integrity, and always tell yourself the truth. Fourth, allow yourself flexibility.Elke Siller Macartney in Be Yourself BoldlyImage: ©Cornell University PhotographyUsed

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This is a wonderful exercise for calming the body and mind. You can do it sitting, standing, or lying down. It is a great aid for inducing sleep when the mind is awash with the days events.Image © 2001 Wild Dolphin ProjectAll rights reserved. Used with permission.If timing your meditation, use a gentle bell.Begin.Sit solidly in your chair, your back well supported. Uncross your legs. Place your

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Before you plant a garden, you must plow the ground. This post will help you plow your soul.In the previous exercise, you named the work you most want to do. You sat with it for a few days.Over the time you carried that sentence with you, it may have morphed. Over the days, many versions of your dream may have ripened.What you have in your mind/hand now are seeds—dream seeds. These are the seeds

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Right livelihood is that which brings true benefit to oneself and/or others.Anthony Flanagan on Buddhism: The Noble Eight-Fold PathTurkish Delight Poppy © 2002AmericasWonderlands.comRight livelihood brings true benefit to you. In fact, you should relish going to work every day because it is so much fun.So I suggest something radical. Before you go any further in your job search, stop a moment and

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I have a job. My job is to ski race. I get up in the morning. I go train during the winter.Ralph Green, US Paralympic skiier,Fountains of Enceladus Cassini-Huygens missionCredit: NASA/JPL/Space Science InstituteIf you think what you want to do is impossible, check out this article on Ralph Green. He's a young Brooklyn man who lost a leg when he and a buddy were shot on the streets of New York. He

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Let's get this out of the way at the git-go. Right livelihood includes money. To survive and thrive, we sell our time, skills, expertise--anything we possess that will buy a paycheck.Money should be respected as a critical part of economic living just like water is a critical part of one's diet, but not the only part and certainly not the most interesting.Gold OceanImage courtesy MicrosoftNever

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I don't know about you, but I would much rather frolic in balmy waters with dolphins than swim with sharks.A dolphin surfs the wake of a research boat on the Banana River, Kennedy Space Center, FLCredit: NASA Kennedy Space Center (NASA-KSC)I am not interested in beating someone at their own game, fighting my way to the top of the dogpile, proving my prowess, or winning at anything.I am interested

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