PURSUING WHAT FLOATS THE BOAT?

Richard has sent me the link to a 3 minute video on Youtube.
Tragedy and Hope - What if money did not matter? - Narrated by Alan Watts

It’s about this very intriguing question:”What would you do with your life if money didn’t matter?”

To be precise, it’s definitely not the same question as:”What would you do with your life if you had a few million Euros in the bank?” That particular question invites people often to tell them where they would like to invest money in, if they felt completely free to do so.

In the video, a professor tells us that he likes to ask this question to his students. Very often, they confess to him that they would like to be an artist, or a writer or a teacher. Most of the time they add themselves a huge ‘but’ at the end of that sentence... followed by:”everybody knows there is no money to be earned there, so I guess I will be working as a ......”

The professor is quite strong on his opinion on this matter. He tells the students and everybody who is watching this video:”If there is something you really want to do with your life..... Go for it.. and do it.”  And also...
“Would you rather live a short life with what you really enjoy or a long period of doing things you do not want to be doing?” And even..
“Would you like to raise your children teaching them to earn a living in a way they don’t really like, so they can support the upbringing of their children, becoming people doing things they rather not do....”

I strongly suspect the professor isn’t sending his students on a Kamikaze-mission. I think he is a strong believer in the Law of Attraction, if you send ‘gold’ you will receive ‘gold’.

So, the underlying challenging question, to me,  is obviously:” Do you dare to believe that if you chose to really invest your energy in your passion,  in what ‘floats your boat’, that this boat trip will be successful? Would you have faith that you can earn a living whilst doing what you wánt to do with your life in the way you want to do it?”

It starts with the professor’s question:” Whát would you like to do with your life? What floats your boat? Where lies your passion? What do you feel you are, to the core, designed to contribute to the world, because it gives you pleasure, happiness and energy doing it?”

By the time you knów of what type your vessel is, and you can see it, shining in the sun, moving gently on the tiny waves in the safety of the harbour of your soul, inviting you to embark........:”Do you chose to GO for it?”

Do I?

Thank you, Richard, for sharing this video!