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You can begin by reclaiming
hours you do own, ones which may have been filled with clutter, distractions, and unnecessary obligations.
“What happens then?” you ask. “Suppose I grant myself possibility that I might find fifteen or thirty extra minutes a day if I searched for them?”
Getting started toward “your bliss” is when magic begins. The smallest progress opens springs of inner vitality. You’re re-energized as if every little cell in your body tingles with excitement (they know you’ve done something right)!
Sidney Friedman in his book Your Mind Knows More Than You Do listed what he called 17 common, sensible, simple, yet for some reason, often unobserved means to gratification. The first four are: *Pursue work you love to do. *Seek people you love to be with. *Find place you love to live. *Appreciate each of these discoveries.
My own experiences have taught me what truly matters is finding your place in life, being engaged work that energizes you and you instinctively feel and intuitively know you are here to do. This is work done in a spirit of service, for which you are well-paid, and which is always result of an infinite passion for life.
Let’s go back to Goethe, who reminded us, “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.”
Or, as Dr. Robert Schuller wrote in his book Possibility Thinking, "Never say 'No' to a great idea simply because it is impossible."
There is in that quote, I believe, a clue to The Art of Bliss. Joseph Campbell asked, "What was it you did as a child that created timelessness?"
That is a great question!
Singer Joan Baez had it right when she told an interviewer, "Action is antidote to despair."
Work that creates timelessness, for which we are nicely compensated, that also creates inside us a sense that we have done well for ourselves and others, therein I suspect, lies a clue to The Art of Bliss.
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As a television broadcaster, James Napier has shared meaning-filled conversations with film stars, recording artists, US Presidents and first ladies, state governors, world-famous authors, scientists, and people from most every walk of life. He has also taught television news broadcasting and communication courses at three U.S. universities. He is Media Director for an educational corporation.
