How you feel about the work you do is as important as the work itself.
Sometimes it is more important.
If you bring passion to everything you do, what you are doing tends to matter much less.
Conversely, if you are waiting for your work to make you happy, happiness may perpetually elude you.
At some point, happiness is a decision.
And it is often a decision that must be made in spite of your circumstances.
Bring meaning with you wherever you go and everything you do will be meaningful.
Don’t be ashamed of who you are.
Your differences make you uniquely you.
That which sets you apart holds the key to your purpose.
No one can be you better than you.
Instead of hiding, highlight your idiosyncrasies.
You will be much happier being yourself than trying to be someone else.
Embrace your weird and wear it proudly.
Your work is not the work others tell you is important.
Your work is not even necessarily your job.
Your work is the work you know you need to do in order to fulfill your purpose in life.
It is the work that makes all of the other work unnecessary or irrelevant.
And yet, this is the work you resist most strongly.
This is the work that you distract yourself from most carelessly.
Prioritize your work and take meaningful action forward.
You will know your purpose because it is the thing you most strongly attempt to avoid, but that never really goes away.
It sits in the back of your mind, haunting you while you go on about your business like it does not exist.
And yet, in spite of all that you do to ignore it, it remains.
It is as constant and true as your heartbeat, but you deny it.
You convince yourself that there are more important things to focus on and more pressing concerns that require your attention.
There is nothing more important and more pressing, however, than your unique purpose.
Get honest and get to work.
You will never be happy trying to make others happy.
But being of service to others is a different story altogether.
Trying to make others happy means trying to be who you think they want you to be.
This means not being yourself, and that will never make you happier.
Being of service, however, means being who others need you to be.
Others need you to be you, the best version of yourself, with something unique and special to offer.
If you can find a way to serve others by being yourself, you will have found your purpose and, in that, a path to true happiness.
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