This morning I was touched by a poem by the Persian mystic, Rumi:
Let yourself be silently drawn
by the strange pull of what you really love.
It will not lead you astray.
At a time when the economy is still sluggish and job security is non-existent, it may be hard to let yourself contemplate what you really might love to do. But, that is precisely what Rumi promotes in his provocative poem.
Rumi is not the only philosopher/teacher to suggest that following what you love is a wise thing to do. As Joseph Campbell says: “Follow your bliss, and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.”
If you fear financial devastation as a result, perhaps Marsha Sinetar’s book, “Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow“, might guide you in creating a plan that may lead to success, rather than failure.
If you are like most people and experience a lack of job satisfaction, perhaps it hasn’t occurred to you that things could be different.
All it may take is for you to identify those topics and tasks that truly engage you and imagine how they might lead you to a new job or career. This idea is probably a new concept if you have traditionally summed up the marketplace and determined where you could fit in, rather than devising a plan around what would work for you.
