This year I started reading A Course in Miracles – this is no small feat. For starters it’s over 600 pages and printed on what I call Bible paper. The book is meant to be read over the course of a year and it will definitely take me at least that long. Mentors of mine report that it has taken them over 4 years to get through it – so it is not an easy read – even for some of the most advanced transformational thinkers.
So why read it?
Because it’s worth the work – in fact it’s part of doing “my work”. What does “my work” mean – I’ll get to that in a minute…
I always stumble across phrases in this book that truly are gold to me. Everything I experience in my life is through a filter of “how can I apply this to my work” and it’s with that spirit that I have been reading this book. So with that approach, I often find things that so beautifully reflect what I have experienced and what I hear many of my clients going through – especially when they need help navigating a job they hate.
There’s this one phrase from the book that I feel really answers the question “Why is it so hard for me to figure out what I actually want to do for my next job?” and I’ll share the phrase with you in a bit.
This is hard to answer for a few reasons…
#1 because it’s not the real question. The real question is “Why is it so hard for me to connect with what will enable me to feel fulfilled – like I matter and make a difference for others?”
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