“The slip was writhing.
I reached in to rescue it, even as the brown paper charred and the letters written on it turned to shadows. I thought I might hold it like an oak leaf, faded and winter-crisp, but when I wrapped my fingers around the word, it shattered.”
Source: The Dictionary of Lost Words
“...Think of it as 'Right Livelihood 2.0'... In addition to not causing harm to yourself or another, this is livelihood that is an expression of your Core Intention, work that you can fall in love with and that no longer feels like “work”: work that matters.”
Source: Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
“Whatever your favorite kind of resistance is, it is likely to go into full bloom as you start making changes to your livelihood because this is an area that is linked with survival (our job is what pays our bills) as well as identity (our job is how we define ourselves). As a matter of fact, the more resistance you encounter, the more likely that you’re hitting paydirt in your transformational process.”
Source: Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
“You may want to sit with the following question: How much am I identifying with a job title rather than what I intuitively know is my work to share with the world?”
Source: Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
“in Sante Fe time is not that shallow. There one can go deep into a continuity as the pueblos and the culture they represent take one back at least eight hundred years through a single Indian dance. For a European that continuity is life-giving.”
Source: Plant Dreaming Deep
“Mindfulness is an invitation to change that pattern and to become aware of where we are and how we got here. Mindfulness gives us a chance to listen to the wisdom of our hearts, to notice with more clarity where we get in our own way, and to shift from reacting out of habit to responding from our intentions.”
Source: Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
“The practice of mindfulness is one of the most powerful reset buttons we have. When we learn how to slow down internally, we begin to see our habitual reactive patterns. We start to understand how fear, even on subtle levels, may dictate our choices around our work.”
Source: Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood That Reflects Your Core Intention
“Salary is not what you earn,Salary is what you save.”
“While routine and mundane jobs may be ridiculed or looked down upon in some circles, the fact is that these jobs provide livelihood to millions of people. A good information technology company in India employs thousands of professionals every year giving them decent salaries. However, in fields such as politics, writing, cinema or arts, there are very few people who come on top, and those who do, end up taking home almost all the rewards, leaving little for the runners-up or the bottom rankers.”
Source: 31 Ways to Happiness
“A job is not merely a means to earn livelihood but it also gives you a position in the society. You also participate in the betterment of the world by making meaningful contribution through your profession.”
Source: 31 Ways to Happiness