For Love or Money

Some say it was Confucius and others attribute the sentiment to someone else but the statement makes an impression; "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. " A bit surprising then that so many of us are willing to do a job that we don't necessarily like, for a paycheck. Perhaps we like the job well enough but rarely ever love it, its not our passion.

It's this question that so many, including myself continually struggle with. Although the economy is down, there are "jobs" to be had....you could go make a paycheck in several places. The challenge is trying to move past that and find more of a mission or passion, than job.

What I think it comes down to is two things, the ability to dream and the guts to step out there. It's just as much of a process as it is a one time choice, we have to stick to it, believe it, gather encouragement and ultimately make sacrifices to do it. At several times in our lives we will get to the figurative "fork in the road", those moments give us the opportunity to take some action to stay put or move a new playing field...they are fleeting, they are rare and they are defining.

For me it's a calling to keep pushing for those dreams to be out front and for the passions and missions to outweigh the monetary drives we all have.