Wasn't it Popeye who used to say "I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam"?

 

There is no more freeing event in life than getting to the point where you live the life that YOU have determined. I spent a large number of years more concerned with satisfying the expectations of people in my life than being Me and the result was a tremendous amount of frustration, dread and weariness. If I had continued on that path, I truly believe that illness would have been right around the corner. There's only so long you can live a life that is not authentically You before your organism starts to rebel.

As an adult, and as a father, I spend a large percentage of my waking hours working. I deeply feel the privilege and responsibility of providing for my children. It stands to reason, therefore, that in my quest to be authentically Me, I must choose to be involved in a profession that is authentically me as well.

Vast numbers of people spend the majority of their time as adults, working in professions or jobs that have no connection with who they are authentically. Their work is drudgery. Their results are unspectacular and unsatisfying. And they live with a gnawing sense of "what it could be". As challenging as it is to right the wrong and embark on an entirely new career path in your late 30's or 40's or even 50's, I believe it is the ONLY way to live.

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