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Enthusiasm by Mars Dorian


Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. – Ralph Waldo Emerson


“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” is a great line from Emerson. If there’s no enthusiasm in what you do, it won’t be remarkable and certainly won’t connect with people on an emotional basis. But, if you put that magic energy into all of your work, you can create something that touches people on a deeper level. How can you bring MORE enthusiasm into your work? What do you have to think or believe about your work to be totally excited about it? Answer it now.
 
I have to think about my work as a vehicle to bless people to be more enthusiastic about it.  And by people, I mean the people that work for me.  I can think about the money I make, the fun that I can have with that money, the people I can give that money too, but those things do not nearly have the draw as thinking about the people that work along side of me.
 
There are many ways work blesses people.  Work blesses people as it creates stress for them to learn to handle, work blesses as it creates opportunities for them to make decisions that reflect who they are, work creates blessing in the form of friendships, work creates blessing in the form of financial prosperity. Work creates blessing because God made us to work.  It was the only task given to Adam, to work the garden, to subdue the earth.  Often in our Christian culture work is viewed as a necessary evil, part of the curse and not spiritual.  The highest work work seems to be defined by some as ministry work in a church or social justice work, both using money from people that work.  But I think all work is divinely inspired.  You cannot work without bringing more order and more beauty to that which you are working on.  Work glorifies God.
 
I can get excited about my work when I think about how it has crafted me.  When I want to see it do the same to others, I know that I must create an experience for them where they are in control, where they have something at stake, where not only is the stress real but also the responsibility.  If I shield them from the stress, it will not be nearly as effective for them, if I take from them the decisions, it will not be nearly as effective for them, if I keep from them reward, it will not be nearly as effective for them.
 
I also have my two of my sons who now work for me, so the stakes are even greater as I consider them and their families.  Today's prompt has reminded me to be enthusiastic about my work!