Seeking meaningful and fulfilling work can become a discouraging, confusing and overwhelming journey. Beware spending too much time looking for your answers outside of yourself. Ultimately, coming to know our right livelihood is inner work of our whole being.

In order to nurture our well-being and come to our right livelihood; it is best to frequently pause and halt busy "doing and thinking" process. Pause, relax and trust. This runs contrary to belief espoused within employment industry of "looking for a job is a full-time job." Woe upon those who follow this motto.

Follow Voice of Your Heart

If we push ourselves non-stop into our career/job search (or within our jobs/lives) how can we hear voice of our heart? The small still voice within is buried under a constantly busy mind and hectic life - so applauded by our society. I am not advocating that we wait for manna from heaven to supply our answers.

We need to do our research and seek help at times to make wise choices. However, I have found great value in pausing and waiting rather than trying to force a decision or an action. Try it.

Through pausing and exercising patience much is often revealed to us. Also, by pausing, relaxing and trusting we are aligning ourselves moment by moment with our heart and our God.

How do we distinguish between voice of our God and that of busy-mind pushing us along - often driven by underlying insecurity of being human? As Robert Johnson, Jungian analyst and author of "Balancing Heaven and Earth," says; "How do we know if we are truly following will of God? One knows instinctively; there is a sense of peace, balance, and fullness, an unhurriedness."

From my own experience I would add there is a clean, direct simplicity to my small, still voice. Also, if voice directing me from within is harsh, hurtful or driven by fear I know with certainty this is NOT voice of my God.

It isn’t end of world, even if it seems like it. Losing your job can be a heart-breaking experience. After all, your security in life and your abilities is now in question. You can feel disillusioned and there is ever-nagging question of: What do I do now?

Well, you start over. Don’t develop a “victim’s mentality”. When one door closes another door opens for greater opportunities. Everything in your life happens for a reason.

Turn your former employer’s loss into your gain. This minor setback is just what you need to jumpstart a new life. Now, you can revisit your dreams and former desires (things you may have left behind for sake of a career). When you search for a new job, you can find one that fits your identity perfectly. Starting over can be a positive, a great thing.