You hear it all the time: “Do what you love” they say, and your happiness is almost guaranteed. While there is truth in the saying there is a lot that is left out – enough to cause love to die at work. I will start with a simple example. Imagine you are in love with another person. In the course of being in love, you do a lot. You spend long stretches of time together because you just enjoy one another’s company. Doing things together, from cooking to hiking, is fun. You feel you don’t need to hold back and the feeling of just being yourself with another and being loved rather than censured feels as exhilarating as it is liberating. You engage in profound conversations about life, discovering more of each other in a respectful environment, overcoming fears and working towards the realization of your highest aspirations each of you helping rather than controlling. You make love, rather than have sex. An act that feels sacred rather than solely the mechanical playing out of an instinctual evolutionary need. These are just some of the things you might do while in love.
How Love Dies at Work
How Love Dies at Work
How Love Dies at Work
You hear it all the time: “Do what you love” they say, and your happiness is almost guaranteed. While there is truth in the saying there is a lot that is left out – enough to cause love to die at work. I will start with a simple example. Imagine you are in love with another person. In the course of being in love, you do a lot. You spend long stretches of time together because you just enjoy one another’s company. Doing things together, from cooking to hiking, is fun. You feel you don’t need to hold back and the feeling of just being yourself with another and being loved rather than censured feels as exhilarating as it is liberating. You engage in profound conversations about life, discovering more of each other in a respectful environment, overcoming fears and working towards the realization of your highest aspirations each of you helping rather than controlling. You make love, rather than have sex. An act that feels sacred rather than solely the mechanical playing out of an instinctual evolutionary need. These are just some of the things you might do while in love.