We must at some point learn to accept that life presents highs and lows. Though we often choose to lean our emotions on the outcome of circumstances, so we can determine what is right and wrong in life. But does that make it so? No. Everything we perceive in our lives that generate feelings are based purely on perspective. I'll say that again- purely on perspective. Because we cannot see where the road takes us, or how certain events will help us move forward, even though they seem bad at the moment. So what we get out of what we experience is what we choose to see. But either way, the road that is underfoot exists because of our own doing. If you want proof of that look back and see the footsteps you have made to take yourself there.
If you come home to a messy house, don't waste time getting upset- clean it so your future self won't be burdened. If you haven't made your bed yet, then do so because no one makes our bed for us. We all make our own beds. No person lives life for us, so don't get upset or sigh over your challenges because you are facing them because you have chosen too. How you feel about the challenge and your place in time is entirely up to you.
So what about work. We all want to do something we love, we all want to feel purposeful and needed. But like anything else, what we find in work is entirely up to us. Is it possible to clean floors and be happier and healthier than a person who you clean floors for? Yes it is. Wouldn't it be thought of as stronger, wiser, to do what others could not, to see good and love where no one expects it- to do the best with what is given to you?
What makes one person crave one kind of job, but not want another? Just like before, perspective. What fits best with our desires, our thinking and what we think is right for us. Yet most of us are seeking, searching, struggling to simply have balance and be happy, so why would we continue to think we know what is right for us when we have had such shitty results?
And when you have found the love to serve, to work and be productive, as a humane and conscious person you can do any job knowing the details and title of the job are complimentary. There is no better job. What you see as difference between being a clerk, a driver, a doctor, a concierge is what you think the job or other will do for you. And if it doesn't work as you want, you suffer. There is no better job, there is better seeing, better knowing. Either way you are moving in motion with purpose, that is enough. So why get unhappy if the job is not what you thought it would be, or less than what you think of another? Because you place your outcomes on outside events that are out of your control. Job security, other people, these things you will never control. But you do have control and awareness of yourself, and you do not have to move your emotions simply because you became aware that you cannot control your job or others.
When we are filled with a desired outcome we are blind to other possibilities. We ignore the potential for other outcomes that could bring us to new heights, or depths if only we would stand upright and not emotionally lean on circumstances. You demonstrate success or failure according to your habitual trend of thought. In you which is stronger- success thoughts or failure thoughts? When things do not go your way, do you return to self defeating thoughts that cause you suffering or do you spring forward to greener pastures? If your mind is ordinarily in a negative state, an occasional positive thought is not sufficient to have a positive experience. You alone are responsible for yourself. Your work in the world, where your own past activity, has placed you- can be performed only by one person- yourself. And your work can be called a success no matter what it is, only when you know your job is to serve others.
Failure is the lack to keep moving when we face a challenge.
