Comments on: Living from Big S and W http://velocityvortx.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/living-from-big-s-and-w/ learnings... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:47:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Cathy Hutchison http://velocityvortx.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/living-from-big-s-and-w/#comment-5298 Cathy Hutchison Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:20:01 +0000 http://velocityvortx.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-5298 Ooooooooh! I love that. "Doing things right" vs. "doing right things." Good stuff. Ooooooooh! I love that. “Doing things right” vs. “doing right things.” Good stuff.

]]> By: nathan http://velocityvortx.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/living-from-big-s-and-w/#comment-5297 nathan Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:06:46 +0000 http://velocityvortx.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-5297 good stuff ron! & i also appreciate cathy's comments about doing work that we're not particularly to do. it's so true that when we're not in our "sweet spot" things are just that much harder. but what about this... i think the balance of work & Work is hard to find when we are doing what we're wired to do & it's still hard, difficult & makes us want to quit. because the "daily grind" can easily become just that a grind; something that i don't think i want to do some-days. was also recently challenged [monday morning insight e-mail] about the shift from "doing things right" to "doing right things". no longer just what seems to the things we should do, but to what really matters. good stuff ron! & i also appreciate cathy’s comments about doing work that we’re not particularly to do. it’s so true that when we’re not in our “sweet spot” things are just that much harder. but what about this…
i think the balance of work & Work is hard to find when we are doing what we’re wired to do & it’s still hard, difficult & makes us want to quit. because the “daily grind” can easily become just that a grind; something that i don’t think i want to do some-days.
was also recently challenged [monday morning insight e-mail] about the shift from “doing things right” to “doing right things”. no longer just what seems to the things we should do, but to what really matters.

]]> By: Cathy H http://velocityvortx.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/living-from-big-s-and-w/#comment-5296 Cathy H Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:58:27 +0000 http://velocityvortx.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-5296 I wish there were a better way to explore this concept without the Self and Work and self and work. (Unless you've experienced it, it sounds like double talk.) For me, it is easier to think of in terms of who people become when God's spirit is flowing through them (Self). Not to oversimplify, but I have a stained glass jar that is okay sitting on my dresser, but when I light the flame of the candle inside, it becomes spectacular. As for Work...almost everyone has experienced the exhaustion and drudgery of doing work that they aren't wired to do. Fewer experience that exhilaration of the soul that comes from doing something they truly love. And even fewer still who discover not only what they are uniquely wired to do, but get to feel that sense of mission and purpose on a daily basis. I think the real gem of the Self/Work concept is that it is open to everyone. Each of us is a uniquely crafted work. Put the flame inside and we become spectacular. Put us in a place where our "spectacularness" allows others flames to grow brighter and it is magic. I wish there were a better way to explore this concept without the Self and Work and self and work. (Unless you’ve experienced it, it sounds like double talk.)

For me, it is easier to think of in terms of who people become when God’s spirit is flowing through them (Self). Not to oversimplify, but I have a stained glass jar that is okay sitting on my dresser, but when I light the flame of the candle inside, it becomes spectacular.

As for Work…almost everyone has experienced the exhaustion and drudgery of doing work that they aren’t wired to do. Fewer experience that exhilaration of the soul that comes from doing something they truly love. And even fewer still who discover not only what they are uniquely wired to do, but get to feel that sense of mission and purpose on a daily basis.

I think the real gem of the Self/Work concept is that it is open to everyone. Each of us is a uniquely crafted work. Put the flame inside and we become spectacular. Put us in a place where our “spectacularness” allows others flames to grow brighter and it is magic.

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