Love the work you do, and you will do the work you love.  Our attitude will either open for us the way to ascend, to improve our life and work conditions, or keep us closed to all the possibilities of progress. There is no lack of love in God’s universe which is made of love. There is no lack of opportunities to become happy and fulfilled. However, there are various degrees of realization of this universal abundance. Self-absorbed individuals unknowingly reinforce their mental estrangement from the world and their consequent sufferings.

Love makes us attuned to life. What is life? It is the all-inclusive process of growth, development, and never-ending unfoldment. When we act with love, the whole universe responds to us with love and contributes to our own unfoldment. Regress and stagnation are signs of death, and they results from lack of harmonious adjustment to love.

Love makes us attuned to our work. It allows us to see and to use its opportunities for our benefit and all-round development. The fact is, we don’t have to search for the “perfect work” for self-realization. The inner transformation may occur right where we are – there is no need to go anywhere or wait for anything.

Some sociologists talk about alienation of a worker from work. However, the root of alienation is not in a given society or work settings, but solely within an individual. No matter what proponents of social changes could say, our individual lives are lived from inside out. We cannot blame others neither for our lack of love nor for our lack of passion for creative expression. Even if others around us are negative and pessimistic about their work, we can remain positive. Our optimism will become a self-fulfilled prophecy.

Love awakens our creative energy. If we think that we are not capable enough for our job, let love will be our answer. When we work with love, we become patient and persistent. We don’t spare our time or energy. As the result, we become more skilled. New ideas on how to work with efficiency and ease come to us. Energy is generated to be used, and we might never know what our true energy level is until we give ourselves fully to our work.

I would like to finish with insightful and inspiring words from “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran. They are the best description of what is true work.

For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life’s procession that marches in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite.

And I say that life is darkness save when there is urge,
And all urge is blind save when there is knowledge,
And all knowledge is vain save when there is love;
And when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.