If Only
If only our passion and our career were one and the same. Self actualization - a term that theorist Kurt Goldstein introduced to describe our motive to realize our full potential. With Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs the term became well known. We strive to reach this in many ways: expressing our creativity, pursuit of knowledge, the desire to give back to society, the quest for spiritual enlightenment and many other ways. It is our desire to spend our life doing what we love. Not always easy to do.
I'm sure that I am no different than the majority of people. I have always worked and over the years have had different careers - some that I enjoyed and others not so much. I have spent most of my career as an Administrative Assistant and I became very good at this. One of the people I worked for called me Radar (like on Mash), because I usually knew what he was looking for before he had a chance to ask. Other careers along the way included selling real estate, and insurance sales and service (two of the ones on the not so much list). Another was in food service management which I did like most of the time. The management piece could be challenging, but the creative side of food service was great fun and satisfying. When you put something out there and see people enjoying it, there is immediate gratification for the work. That was the first career that I was able to use my creative side, and it felt great.
As the years have gone by I worked to support myself, but knew that I wanted to find my passion and make it my work. Many years ago I dabbled in writing with a few poems and a short story or two. Once I got over 50 I realized that I had so much I wanted to say and knew that I wanted to write. My blog came to life in July of last year and it has brought me great joy, and sometimes healing, as I put my thoughts to the page. So many things fill my heart and mind that some days I could just keep writing. I hope that as I do others enjoy a quiet read, find a little humor, or possibly a bit of healing in my words.
My Passion = creativity, which = joy. If only........... I can find a way to make this passion my life's work, then I will have reached my self-actualization.
I'm sure that I am no different than the majority of people. I have always worked and over the years have had different careers - some that I enjoyed and others not so much. I have spent most of my career as an Administrative Assistant and I became very good at this. One of the people I worked for called me Radar (like on Mash), because I usually knew what he was looking for before he had a chance to ask. Other careers along the way included selling real estate, and insurance sales and service (two of the ones on the not so much list). Another was in food service management which I did like most of the time. The management piece could be challenging, but the creative side of food service was great fun and satisfying. When you put something out there and see people enjoying it, there is immediate gratification for the work. That was the first career that I was able to use my creative side, and it felt great.
As the years have gone by I worked to support myself, but knew that I wanted to find my passion and make it my work. Many years ago I dabbled in writing with a few poems and a short story or two. Once I got over 50 I realized that I had so much I wanted to say and knew that I wanted to write. My blog came to life in July of last year and it has brought me great joy, and sometimes healing, as I put my thoughts to the page. So many things fill my heart and mind that some days I could just keep writing. I hope that as I do others enjoy a quiet read, find a little humor, or possibly a bit of healing in my words.
My Passion = creativity, which = joy. If only........... I can find a way to make this passion my life's work, then I will have reached my self-actualization.
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