It is almost impossible to find somebody working just for nothing. When we think of starting on some plan it inevitably means we have to change our prevalent life style to substitute with a new one including the new-entrant in some space. This again means readjusting the available space. No doubt it is not that pleasant unless the pleasure we hope to get from the new project tilts the scale. How do you work then for sake of the work without looking for the result ? This is only possible if you are unemployed and the resources with you are becoming a burden on you by non-use. You just have to learn driving if you are gifted a vehicle and you cannot pay for the driver. You will not waste the vehicle !
But this is not an every day scenario and yet Gita exhorted you to work for work sake without wishing for the result. This obviously means that you have to choose the work in such a way that the process itself is a result i.e. you get pleasure from the process itself and that overwhelms the pain you suffer from working in the process. This happens when you love the work for itself and not for what it pays. It can only happen naturally when you have the choice to pick the work and not when you have to look out for any paying job to pay for your living.
It does not take much to realise that these types are available only at the fringes and these are not the mainline events. So most of us find ourselves not too happy as we neither like the process that we have to go through everyday nor the results of these works from the way it touches us. Are we then condemned to a life of unhappiness ? But it does not feel that way from the way people around us behave. What then must be susstaining them ?
I feel the saving factor must be the fact that our job is good enough to pay us for indulging in something we love. That must be the factor why every morning we trudge out albeit reluctantly towards our workplaces even when we don't like the job / place or Boss. In a way we are motivated by our own expectations from what ever pleasure we indulge in and if the job pays for it. We may choose otherwise if the pain from the work / workplace or boss takesover the expected pleasure for which the job pays or if the job does not pay enough for it.
So if you are not too happy with your present work and do not find a better alternative, just do not worry. Find out what you love and see if you find the money and time from the job to indulge in it. I think you will be happy with your job.
But this is not an every day scenario and yet Gita exhorted you to work for work sake without wishing for the result. This obviously means that you have to choose the work in such a way that the process itself is a result i.e. you get pleasure from the process itself and that overwhelms the pain you suffer from working in the process. This happens when you love the work for itself and not for what it pays. It can only happen naturally when you have the choice to pick the work and not when you have to look out for any paying job to pay for your living.
It does not take much to realise that these types are available only at the fringes and these are not the mainline events. So most of us find ourselves not too happy as we neither like the process that we have to go through everyday nor the results of these works from the way it touches us. Are we then condemned to a life of unhappiness ? But it does not feel that way from the way people around us behave. What then must be susstaining them ?
I feel the saving factor must be the fact that our job is good enough to pay us for indulging in something we love. That must be the factor why every morning we trudge out albeit reluctantly towards our workplaces even when we don't like the job / place or Boss. In a way we are motivated by our own expectations from what ever pleasure we indulge in and if the job pays for it. We may choose otherwise if the pain from the work / workplace or boss takesover the expected pleasure for which the job pays or if the job does not pay enough for it.
So if you are not too happy with your present work and do not find a better alternative, just do not worry. Find out what you love and see if you find the money and time from the job to indulge in it. I think you will be happy with your job.
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