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Love makes the world go around and this is never more true than when we are going through change. Self love, the love of others and the love of what we do will go a long way to smoothing our path and increasing our levels of happiness, contentment and fulfillment.

Love who you are

Loving who you are and what you are about is a lifelong journey. Accepting and loving ourselves with our quirks, nuances and human fallibilities brings a certain inner confidence and inner strength. With self love comes a silent knowing that you are enough, you do enough, you are perfect exactly the way you are and yes the path of change may not be easy but you are more than capable and with enough inner strength, are absolutely unstoppable. Loving who you are will not only make life more enjoyable but will also make loving those around you possible and worthwhile.   

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” Brené Brown

Love what you do

Loving what we do makes life so much easier. Chances are you spend more time at work than at home and so your happiness levels at work will go a long way in determining your happiness levels outside of work. A job that challenges you, allowing you to change and grow is a job that you will be happy in and that you will bring your best self to. 

I have huge admiration and respect for the late great Steve Jobs. Steve’s vision, simplistic thinking, tenacity and flair transformed how the world communicates and will continue to do so for many years to come. He is quoted as having wisely said 

‘You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle’ Steve Jobs

Don’t settle is simple yet deeply wise advice. 

If you are doing work/in a job/company you don’t like or if you are doing work/in a job/company that you feel doesn’t value you, you will not be giving your best and you will not be growing professionally or personally in that role. 

Life is way too short to allow a anything or anyone to stunt your professional and personal growth.

The path to change is filled with love, spread that love around like fairy dust!

“Yes, I’ve made a great deal of dough from my fiction, but I never set a single word down on paper with the thought of being paid for it. I have written because it fulfilled me. Maybe it paid off the mortgage on the house and got the kids through college, but those things were on the side – I did it for the buzz. I did it for the pure joy of the thing. And if you can do it for the joy, you can do it forever.”

Stephen King

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Siobhain

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