Monday, September 13, 2010

Day 256

My friend Katrina facilitates these amazing constellation workshops. I went to one yesterday and found the answer to a riddle I have been toying with.

I told her and the group about this desire I have to "do meaningful work" and how I haven't felt that I have contributed in a meaningful way in terms of work for a very long time and how I'm not even sure what meaningful work is anymore. I was looking for answers. The group used the constellation method to act out my dilemma.

I was reminded to 1) let go of the belief that if I do meaningful work someone will likely come along and fuck it up, and 2) follow the joy. Where is the joy? Is there work I can approach with joy? What kind of work will being me joy? These are the questions I left the workshop with.

This morning as I was walking I thought back over all the times I was engaged in work that was joyful. It was confusing because there wasn't a single kind of work that I found joy in. I have done public speaking and group facilitation from a place of joy and I have also served dinner to hungry teenagers from a place of joy. It wasn't the activity that was important; it was the process.

So here is the answer to my riddle:

Meaningful work is joyful work. Joyful work is born out of a creative process. It is fueled by a creative vision. It is also in service to a creative vision.

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