“Work spares us from three evils:  boredom, vice and need.”  -  Voltaire

Hello Girlfriends – I was leaving the gym one morning, and an employee of the gym was walking in as I was walking out.  As I normally do with people, I smiled and stated, “so how are you today?”  (It was 10 a.m. and she seemed to be carrying the weight of the world upon her shoulders).  She responded,

“Is it Friday yet?”

Now mind you it was only Wednesday – so she had 3 more days counting Wednesday before it was Friday. 

I pondered her words and thought what if I had to live wishing it was Friday?

I came up with this:  

1. I must be constantly living in the future and missing out on the NOW by wishing it was Friday. 
2. I know myself enough to be certain that I couldn’t live week in and week out wishing it was Friday. 

How many of us can’t get ourselves to live in gratitude and be grateful for the job we have?  Now for the ones that feel fortunate to have a job and really dislike their job – we have choices – why complain or wish it was Friday every day of the week instead of actually doing something about it – this requires ACTION on your part. 

Find your passion or AWAKEN YOUR PASSION and move towards finding a job that promotes your passion.  You would be so much happier and isn’t it our purpose to have peace and happiness in our lives?  Why not choose our life path, instead of having past choices continue to lead us to where we are now?

So I thought, let’s turn “Is it Friday yet” to, “Everyday is Friday!”  I know for myself, just reciting this puts me in such a better place.  It’s called turning a negative to a positive.

So I ask myself, “Why do people wish it was Friday”….. Here are a few reasons:

1. You don’t have job satisfaction
2. You’re totally bored with your job
3. You don’t get challenged in your job
4. You dislike what you do, causing you to hate your job

Now let’s turn this list to a positive…..

1. Look for ways of satisfaction in your job (sometimes you have to look real hard)
2. Find creative ways to get rid of boredom
3. Challenge yourself to find the positive
4. What will it take to like what you do?
5. And if you can’t get to like what you do, search for another job that’s more in line with your passion and what you enjoy.

Dr. Wayne Dyer states, “When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.”  So if you’re one to wish it was Friday, it’s time to turn those words around to everyday is Friday….or, move on and find a job that you can say,

“Everyday is Friday!”

Remember, may the possibilities of today excite us all!

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Hello Girlfriends – I dedicate this blog to my dear friend that alerted me that I wrote a blog on live your passion, but since her passion is sleeping wants to know how to awaken her passion. I also write this to all my girlfriends reading, that may think they have lost their passion. I am certain our passions can come back; it may not be easy, but nonetheless, quite doable.

For a passion to be sleeping it must have been put to sleep. Sadness, disappointment, fear of waking up to life, raising a family and putting ourselves last, can all be causes of our passion to go to sleep.  Do your best to remember this paradox of life: We can often stare for so long at the door which has closed; that we can miss a new one which has opened!

We all go through different degree of pain in our lives, some more than others. Pain is a passion killer; but it doesn’t have to be a passion ender! I have a great friend that often says, you must feel the pain to go through the pain. At some point in our lives, we must get past the pain and back to where we can be awake and experience joy once again.

No one, of course, can awaken your passion except yourself. So I ask, what are you going to do for yourself to awaken that passion. It’s easy to fall into a rut after living in pain or doom and gloom for so long. Remember, that something wonderful can be around the corner. It’s time we call it into our lives and not sit back and wait for it to come to us. To know your passion clearly is the first step, it’s like sowing a seed in your consciousness. Just like sowing a seed, a plant doesn’t grow overnight – you must water it and nurture it with the right amount of light. It’s important to be around people that can inspire you to this next stage. Here are a few things you may try.

YOU CAN DO IT - AWAKEN THAT PASSION WITHIN

A. Write down the things you liked to do as a child. Open your memory to the fun you can remember. We must re-energize the child within and be silly, laugh and play once again.

B. Make a list of about 5 or so things you like to do as an adult; be true to yourself and totally honest.

I ask that you get back to what you really love to do. Not your job, not being a wife or mother. Something just for YOU! Something that gives YOU JOY. The gifts you have. The desires you have; we all have desires and gifts. Search and you will find them. Life gets in the way and we forget our passions. We awaken to who we really are; we are precious to this life and connect with something bigger than us.

There is a proverb that states, “Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost.” Get back in the pilot seat, motivate yourself, and steer your plane that we call life!

Remember, may the possibilities of today excite us all!

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Hello Girlfriends – There’s an old saying that goes: If you follow your passion, you will never work a day in your life.  So many of us get caught in a rut, and we end up in dead end jobs which we dislike.  We dislike the idea of getting up in the morning to go to these jobs, and we don’t like the idea of being at these jobs.  I’ve done it plenty of times in my life, and finally I realized – enough of this insanity.  Life is too short not to be doing what you truly love!

Of course, first you must find your passion. Once you find what truly excites you, then it is time to execute the plan in how you can make a living in what you truly love. I recently came in contact with Sue Fernandes, living in the U.K.; Sue designed my website, and after talking to her, she is an inspiration! She worked in the hotel business most of her adult life, she is nearly 40 years old and she decided on this new career move. She now builds and designs websites. I personally love stories like this. It’s never too late to do what you LOVE!

I believe our parents were apt to stay in one career, one job, and would not move or even consider something else; the reason being because you have a job, it pays you money, so you stay in that job. They may not have been happy with that job, but, hey, they stuck to it. Guess what, they win the award for sticking to something they don’t like. We spend too many hours in a day at these jobs and offices to be wasting our time with something we truly don’t like. “Why” – I ask?

Imagine a life where we are creating and doing our passion? Words like joy, happiness, excitement are some of the feelings tied in doing something we love. I am going to use that word again – FEAR. This is what stops us from proceeding with our plan to start something new, for ourselves, and in the long-run, for all around us.
We are happy people when we are doing the things we enjoy. You feel less stressed and life flows so much better. So, time to get out there – figure out our true passion and DO IT!

Time to Ignite Your Passion

If you love something and stick with it, you will get phenomenal results. This statement comes from inspirational speaker, Bob Proctor.

Remember, may the possibilities of today excite us all!

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