Work + Love = A Way Fulfill Your Purpose
Michelle L. Casto
The Soul Alignment Coach

What is Your Labor of Love? The thing you are gifted to do that expresses your deepest and most essential self that you MUST Do.

Rumi once said, “work is love made visible.”
What a powerful and true statement.   You know how wonderful it feels when someone loves who she is and what she does---just like a like a breath of fresh air that allows you to feel cared for and uplifted.

We need more work that this in our world.

People who work in this way are inspired.  The original meaning of inspiration is to “breath in spirit,” so when we love what we do, we share the very essence of human life—the capacity to breath deeply and joyfully.

Love Work With a Passion!
The idea of work has been shifting for many years, and with the economic meltdown, now more than ever we need to realize that not only can work be fun---it’s supposed to be fun.

I coach my clients, “never ask what you can or should do”  rather ask, “will I enjoy  this?”

To love oneself is the key to living a happy life. 
We have heard this many times, yet, what does self-love really mean?
  
Self-love requires knowing and honoring oneself, to go on the Quest of self-discovery, a lifelong challenge of being the best, most loving, intelligent, compassionate person you are capable of becoming.

Loving yourself involves finding the true brilliance of you, seeing and sharing your inner jewel, and the continual realization that you are unique, like no other person in the world. 

Let Your SOUL Shine
To the extent that you come to know your True Self/Soul, you can know others.

To the depth that you come to love your True Self, you can love others.

To the generosity you come to give to your True Self, you can give to others, for we cannot give what we do not have, nor love what we do not possess, or know what we do not know. 

When people do that, we succumb to pretense and shallowness, which is detrimental to the SOUL.

At this time, we are at the end of the reign of the ego, and entering into the Age of the SOUL.  We have nowhere else to go but inward to seek and ultimately find our happiness. 

Step Onto Your Path of Purpose
As I reflect back how I first stepped onto my own path of purpose, about 20 years ago, I remember reading my first “self help” books that were by the Love Dr., Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998), all of them made an indelible impression upon my soul, and I am delighted to see how his wisdom is still with me today and integrates so beautifully into my own purpose.  

In my work, I teach about three kinds of purpose: the universal, personal, and professional that each human being has the opportunity to fulfill during his or her lifetime. 

Buscaglia once said that “love is our greatest challenge, for love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both.”

This sums up the fulfillment of one universal purpose, of knowing who we are as spiritual beings.

He also “It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of person-kind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.” 

This sums up our personal purpose, being loving in our relationships.

He also said, “God’s gift to you is your life and your talents.  What you do with that gift is your gift back to God.”

And now we have the professional purpose, our unique contribution to the world.  

My work is to help people fulfill these three levels of purpose in this lifetime, so they can accelerate the evolution of their SOUL.

What stops many is refusing to answer the CALL and saying yes to NO situations.

Know Your No So You Can Receive Your Yes
To truly express Self-Love in your work, you must first know your NO, so Life can give you your Yes, Yes, Yes!

This often involves Change. 
You have to love and honor yourself enough to stop temporizing (putting off) what you know you need to change or upgrade in your work/life situation. 

Say Yes to your Self. 
Yes to Love.  Yes to Life. Yes to Wisdom. Yes to Others.  Yes to Learning. 
The soul loves to stretch, so let it. 

Realize that all things serve to spur the evolution of your soul.

Love most definitely involves growth---Personal Growth as well as the growth of our mastery of our work (which takes FAT: focus, attention, time).   It’s been 20 years since I first stepped on this sacred path, and I am still growing in my mastery.

The essence of loving another human being, ourselves, or our purpose is to be dedicated to growth, and to find ways to actualize our highest potential in all of our relationships. 

And we accept this because we love.

Wherever you are on the path to Living your Purpose, know that bringing more love to where you are right now, brings you closer to fulfilling your destiny. 

Because love is a creative and healing force, any time you Love yourself more, you are radiating that positive energy to others, and ultimately, “doing the work of the Light.”

Copyright, all rights reserved by Michelle Casto, October 2009

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About the Author Michelle L. Casto is in the business of “soul care” using insight, intuition, intelligence, practical spirituality, and self-mastery psychology to help transform the lives of people in all walks of life.                   She is a professional Life Coach, Inspirational Teacher, Self-Help Author, and Modern Philosopher, bringing ancient wisdom to modern day life.  Dr. Michelle’s reach extends beyond her personal client base, touching and inspiring thousands of spiritual seekers who have benefited from her practical, down-to-earth message.  She has hundreds of educational articles on the internet, led seminars across the United States, and given numerous radio and television interviews. Michelle offers free resources, 30+ life changing products, and life/business coaching for people who are ready and willing to upgrade their P.O.S. (personal operating system), master their emotions, find spiritual meaning, discover their soul purpose, and achieve more success and happiness in their personal and professional lives. Michelle is one of the Top Coaches in the United States, using the Presence Process and reknown for her breadth of knowledge in the field of human potential and personal evolution.  Her Blog, Inner Brilliance covers all aspects of practical spirituality and her words of wisdom are spread throughout the internet and across the world.

 

Living your purpose is the pathway to happiness. Pure and Simple. ---Bright Michelle