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Isn’t The Joy Of Doing Enough?
Why do you care what other people think of what you do?
How does it matter what they think …
And why should it matter to you?Shouldn’t it be enough …
That you think well of what you do?
Shouldn’t it be enough …
That you get joy from doing what you do?Why do you care to succeed …
How does it matter if you fail?
Doesn’t the joy of doing nullify both anyways?Why should there be a reason for what you do …
Why should you get something out of it?
That you found joy in doing what you love
Isn’t that enough for you?Isn’t the joy of doing enough for you?
- Me
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Beautiful and I like it lots.
I’m a fan of leading from the inside out and driving by my internal bar. You echoed that perfectly with your poetic prose.
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Thanks J.D. I agree, following your inner compass is much better than looking outside for directions to your joy.
What a lovely chain of thoughts Avani.
It is the eternal battle with the conscience isnt…???What others think…..why arent we ever satisfied…..
But as you rightly pointed out…The process of doing irrespective of the consequence is whats most joyful, if and only if we seek it with an open mind and heart.
.-= Zeenat {Positive Provocations}´s last blog ..Want to be healthier?Learn To ENJOY more. =-.
Zeenat, I agree. There is immeasurable joy in doing things just for the joy … without worrying about what will happen next.
The joy of being is always inside–it’s just that the egoic mind covers it up with rubbish. In my experience, as we release and connect with awareness, we stop worrying about what others think, even what we think, and can exalt in the joy of living, doing, moving, loving, experiencing–and simply just in the joy of being.
Great article, great pointers–thanks!
.-= Kaushik | beyond-karma.com´s awesome post blog ..A Gentle Honesty =-.
The joy of being is always inside, just hidden under layers of rubbish … that’s an interesting way of looking at it. We don’t need to search where our joy has gone away since it’s still with us. We just can’t hear it because of noise in our head.
That is soooooo true. The joy in doing. The only “fail” is not doing at all.
And boy, it sure feels great to take action when I’m feeling a little down about not moving forward. It changes my whole perspective. I was worrying the other day about potential rejection for sending out my CDs to radio stations and to one local reviewer, but gosh-darn I did it! I just went ahead and did it. Yay!!
.-= Jannie Funster´s awesome post blog ..46 Blogging Observations So Far =-.
Yay! to you Jannie, taking action in face of fear … that’s superrr. Cheers to you.
Hi Avani. Plus, you can even have fun failing!
Laughing at mistakes is good for us.
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I agree. If we can laugh at ourselves, the fear of failure can disappear for us.
This is something that has taken me years to learn. I’ve always had a fear of people judging and laughing at me. I had (and sometimes still have) a fear of making mistakes. Its almost like the risk of messing up took any joy out of trying.
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Carla, I know what you are talking about. Sometimes we get so afraid of making mistakes that the fear paralyzes us completely and makes entire feat painful rather than fun.
Thank you Avani,
this was beautiful, and the photo compliments it well!
I read lately of a challenge to ask ourselves; ‘when is enough, enough?’ It is such a joy to live a life of happiness by choice; rather than leaning on the approval of others, or letting our circumstances choose a default left. We are empowered within; as we embrace the gift of passion, and step up to author our own lives. Having a positive attitude is what describes ‘joyful’ living to me!
Namaste blessings, Jen/Sharmila p.s. i enjoyed the comment above this also.. I am still learning to laugh more at myself; working on this area to include even more joy in my life!
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Jen, I fell in love with the snap. It’s so beautiful. The joy of doing oozes out of entire snap.
‘When is enough, enough?’ … I like this question. Especially when we ask this to choose our path rather than follow someone else’s.
Important things to think about and I agree with your view overall.
Joy in the process of doing work that one performs from out of love for others and the wider world brings deep peace – whether it succeeds or not. Still, one does desire the success of one’s best efforts and those of others. And there is some sadness when these are defeated, although that sadness does not override peace.
Paul, I still haven’t reached there but I know a few people who can detach themselves from the outcome and do whatever’s required. I can only imagine what joy they must feel – to constantly work on what they want without worrying about what happens next or whether things will workout the way they want.
I do agree that working out of love for others will bring joy and world wide deep peace.
Avani, I started to respond but found my comment going long as it led toward the question of what enlightenment is.
Mind if I quote from this thread and from your post on an upcoming post on my blog? I’d like to make enlightenment/detachment my next topic after forgiveness.
Paul, feel free to do so. Looking forward to your post.
Avani,
This is so poetic and wonderfully said. In just what we do, what we choose to do – choosing those things which bring us joy – how wonderful to be able to fully experience this. Deep within. That’s such a beautiful thought…
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Thank you Lance. When there is only work we love and the joy of doing it, with nothing else in between, the experience is of total bliss. It is said that when you become one with your work, it’s equivalent to meditating.
This is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
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Tess, Thank you for dropping by. You are welcome.