October 07, 2023 – A

Finding our work and doing it
is a matter of allowing our work
to come to us
and not rejecting it when it does.

Our work finds us,
appears to us,
occurs to us,
calls us.

If we want to "find" our work,
the place to start is 
by digging through
our pile of rejects.

"The stone the builders rejected,"
you know.

We are great with saying,
"Not this, and not that, and not that over there!"
And talking ourselves out of things
we can't easily explain,
defend,
justify,
excuse...
even though they keep coming back,
catching our eye,
attracting us,
inviting us to look closer
or let them take us for a ride.

Our work often begins
with seeing what we look at,
hearing what we listen to,
knowing what we know,
caring about the things
that need to be cared about,
and doing the things 
that need to be done.

We probably couldn't be paid to do it,
and have to work it in "after hours,"
or "on the weekend."

Hobbies can become what we live to do,
and what we do "for a living"
supports us in doing the work that calls our name.

Life can be funny that way,
and we have to laugh along,
making our path through terrains
and territory
we would not think of as being
"path worthy,"
yet knowing that our heart 
is deeply in what we are doing,
and allowing ourselves 
to love what we love
and go where we are called to be.

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