Magnetic News! 12/12/04

Welcome to the latest issue of Magnetic News! I hope all is well and
you are attracting what you want in life. I did want to mention to you
that the Law of Attraction Info site will be down for a couple of days
as I am transferring it to a new server. So, if you try it and get
"no answer" try back after a couple of days.

With the holiday season approaching fast, I wanted to give you
something for hanging in there with me. This is my first web site
and my first newsletter. I really do appreciate you.

You have shown lots of patience with me and it means a whole lot
to have you as one of my subscribers. At the end of this email,
there will be a link to click to receive a pdf file of "The Secret of Success"
by Walter Atkinson. (1907) I thought maybe you would enjoy reading
it.

In this issue I wanted to include a couple of articles I ran across, both
dealing with work and your love for it (?)

I want to wish you a terrific holiday season and I'll be back with
another issue of Magnetic News! next year.
And now, on with the show..................

Doing the work that you love
by Vered (Tanmayo) Neta

As a child, I remember my father, sitting in his
room, surrounded by his books, writing. His work
was his love. Later in his life, when most people
have retired, he was up early in the morning, busy
with his work. It gave him, both a meaning to life
and kept him young.

My mother never liked her teaching job, although
she was very successful. She retired early and
kept searching for satisfaction, without success.
She became bitter and sad.

Until today I cherish the lesson I learned from
them: "Find a job that is your hobby, your art."

As children we all wanted to be somebody. A
fireman, a pilot, an artist. As we grew up, we
realized that our job must also pay our financial
and social bills. So we sold our passion and love
for stability and security. We rationalize by saying
that 'work is work', and pleasure will come later.
But does it?

When was the last time you found the time and
energy to do the things that you really care for?

What if your work could follow your heart's desire?
What if you could really do what you love to do?
Finding it might be difficult, as we have lost touch
with what we enjoy most. It has been too long
since we have given ourselves the chance to
connect to it.

So, how about taking some time off and instead
of complaining about your job, start searching
what it is that you love doing. Find out what is it
that you are good at, where your talents lie and
what comes both naturally and easily to you.

Recall childhood activities that you once loved.
Become aware of the situations that bring out the
best in you. Discover what values are important
to you and what you would like to see manifested
in your work.

Once you have created a framework for those
activities, talents and abilities, in which you
excel (as well as those values that you wish to
express in your work), start investigating what
sort of work expresses them to their fullest potential.
Allow yourself to be creative; don't dwell in the
area of "sensibilities". Allow yourself to be open;
as opposed to reasoning everything. Communicate
to the world the type of work you wish to have.
You will be surprised at how much support you will
receive, once you clarify your wishes.

When you do the work you love, it becomes
easy and effortless, because work becomes a
source of energy rather than a drain. You
continuously grow and develop while creating for
yourself a space of love and friendship. You tap
into your creativity therefore remaining young
and alive.

Article by: Nisandeh Neta, founder of Open Circles, an
international center for personal-growth and leadership.
Visit http://www.opencircles.nl to learn more about
how you can make a difference, through living your dreams.

I must complete this article.
I've been pre-occupied with it for a couple of
weeks now and tonight, is the deadline.
I have to make it.
My stress level is rising, and I have become
impatient, irritated and angry.

At that time, it was exciting, challenging and fun.
Yet, all of a sudden it became stressful, demanding
and burdensome.

We can all relate to similar situations.
When this is an occasional occurrence, we can
somehow handle it.

However, when we experience this on a regular
basis, we become increasingly negative toward
our work, until it manifests in our professional
results as well as our emotional, mental and
physical health.

We tend then to blame everybody and everything else.
"My partner doesn't contribute enough."
"These are unachievable standards."
"There is not enough space for me to express myself."
"The weather is depressing."
Anything...but me.

Unfortunately, it rarely improves the situation.
It usually makes it worse.
I receive less support from my partner.
The quality of my work declines.
I feel increasingly constrained.
And the weather... is even worse.

So, after struggling with myself (and everybody else)
for a few days, I chose to do a 'reality check' by
asking some real questions:

I also chose my partner, created my working
environment and bought this damn computer
that keeps making spelling mistakes. It seems
that the weather is the only factor I didn't create,
but it doesn't seem to bother my daughter, who is
dancing happily in the rain wearing her new boots.

I reclaimed the personal responsibility for my
own situation. If I choose now to stay stuck, at
least I know there are other possibilities.
It is my choice - no reason to complain, to blame
or to feel guilty.

Either for the results in your life (now and in the past)
or for your reactions to these results.

The next step is to realize that if you have created
your past and present situations, you also have the
power to create your future situation.

I've reread what I have written up until now,
and I like it. It's really changed. Or actually I've
really changed. When I put my heart into what
I do, when I cease with my victim role every time
something goes wrong, and when I really
concentrate on what it actually is that I'm creating -
then the process is always exciting and challenging
and the result, satisfying, uplifting and fun.

Everything I ever wanted in my work...
Article by: Nisandeh Neta, founder of
Open Circles, an international center for
personal-growth and leadership.

Visit http://www.opencircles.nl to learn more
about how you can make a difference, through
living your dreams.

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