today the baron is thinking about oprah winfrey. she doesn't often think of oprah, though it must be noted, the baron is mostly a fan. some episodes of the oprah winfrey show just don't interest her at all, others, she watches from start to finish.
today, though, the baron is fixated on oprah's call to follow your passion. she crows it - find your passion! follow your passion! that's how you will be happy! this missive, on the face of it, seems like a good - a GREAT - idea. follow your passion, do what you love, and the rest will fall into place.
the baron wants to know about the particulars. how, for instance, does one identify her passion? how does one parlay that passion into a monthly mortgage payment? why aren't more people following their passions? do all those hotel maids/garbage men/untouchables find their bliss cleaning other peoples' messes? what about doctors/lawyers/mid-level administrators in government jobs? auto mechanics/teachers/diner waitresses? isn't it more likely that most people are just doing what they can to get by, to make the mortgage, to accrue two weeks' vacation time per year? what would happen if everyone found and followed their bliss?
if it's true, that most people are trying to make house payments, but some (few) people are happy in their jobs (really, REALLY happy), how can one make the jump from the former to the latter? really, reader, the baron wants to know how SHE can jump from the former to the latter. she likes her job well enough, but it doesn't stir her soul, not in the way this does.
it's probably to do with hope, or faith, right? to make the transitional leap from mortgage payer to I AM SO HAPPY, one must have a wishing well of hope, the faith that things will look up, that everything will work out, that by following vegan baking or florence, italy or jonathan or her heart's desire or four legged family, or paris, france, the baron will find I AM SO HAPPY!
she's still missing the connector pieces. anyone have any advice for her?
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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one of my kids called me his oprah, so here's my two cents: your passion doesn't have to be your job nor does it have to consume the bulk of your day. if your passion is being with your family, baking, cooking, traveling, then working a job that allows you the time and resources to do it is great. the ability, opportunity, possibility you have to do the things you love is there. but if you have a job that doesn't allow the time or money, then that would be a problem. if work drains you of all the good energy you generate when you're doing the things that bring you joy, then that's a problem. if you're spending so much time at work that you don't have time to live the life you want, then that's no good. i don't know if oprah was advocating career change, but i think striving for a balance of meeting your responsibilities and having the freedom to do what it is you love is the challenge.
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