awake at work

“Success is often elusive, and work by its very nature is unruly and at times unfair – and deep down we know it. We know that career troubles and conflicts are inevitable, that stubborn personalities and poor decisions are par for the course. Yet, oddly, we keep treating such difficulties as bothersome detours and unwelcome intrusions.
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The sober reality we face is this : resisting work's difficulties and hoping for smooth sailing is pointless. Work, indeed all of life, is often disappointing and uncertain, and it is futile to expect otherwise. Being hostile toward any of life's difficulties only amplifies our discomfort, and we end up at war with ourselves, arguing with our lives rather than living them.
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Rather than rejecting work's difficulties as bothersome interruptions, we can instead acknowledge work, with all its complications, as an invitation to wake up and live our lives honestly and fully.
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If we take a moment to slow down and open up to our work circumstances, we will discover that work is continually inviting us to help, not hide ; to listen openly, not close up; to connect, not detach; to perfect our skillfulness, not put it in question. But in our impatience to succeed and become better, faster, and more profitable, we overlook the fact that work, with all its pressures and problems, is encouraging us to be engaged, resourceful, and alive – right here, right now. And, maybe that is what we've really wanted all along : to simply be awake at work.”

(Michael Carroll, Awake at Work - 35 practical Buddhist principles for discovering clarity and balance in the midst of work's chaos, Shambhala Publications 2006)

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