To sacrifice all, for me, requires that I be sure I am sacrificing for the right purpose.

Thanks for the comment lee – it certainly puts a forthright case.

The dilemma about wanting something enough and sacrificing everything to achieve it is not common,however there are those who will jump because they know the net will appear.

But too many advisers suggestion why you should not do it just causes more confusion.

Sacrifice all ………..take for example great paiters/writes etc. who had to sacrifice everything in order to continue painting/writing etc., that meant menial jobs but the focus was still on the same goal,thus ultimately achieving sucess.

Our dilemma in this day is to do the opposite of obvious,to say “no” when “yes” would be preferable …………to be too cautious thus almost always settling for mediocre.

If you want to write paint or whatever go then and do it inspite of every thing.

Worse case scenario certainly in America( what’s the obesity rate now?) you will not starve,which sometimes in itself is not a bad thing.

So my advice (DC*) is to what you want now , because today is already tomorrow.

Go for broke,feel don’t think.

lee du ploy

*Dancingcrane

I am fortunate that my partner is supportive of my attempts to build my own business (while paid by others part-time).

I have found Mark Silver’s approach to business a genuine integration of spirituality with business.

My own approach is small steps, bridging from where I am and learning from small and safe experiments. I’m not one for burning bridges.

Making my income from what I love is a huge challenge for me – and one of the reasons I got into blogging.

I’d love to hear how you go with it. Thanks for your comment.

Boy, would I love to follow them! I’m a writer too, and I know what I love, and I’m trying to give myself permission to go for it. But…

I have these other advisers over here. They advocate self-sufficiency through passive income (like from investments and businesses that make money even when you aren’t attending to them directly). The learning curve for such things as financial and business law is steep, and the investment world full of sharks looking to prey on the less knowledgeable. I could handle that, and I’m used to digging into something for the long haul, if it’s something I’m passionate about.

But that’s the problem. I have no passion for it. ZIP. It’s deadly boring to me, every aspect of it. My advisers who see it as an exciting game, a riveting competition, a grand adventure, AND the only way to provide adequately for my family, have this advice for me. If I don’t like it, make myself like it! Get out of my comfort zone! If this is my weakness, make it a strength! If I’m not willing to sacrifice for this, I fail at life, and I fail my family!

Passion calls me in one direction, duty another, and i’m stuck.

The meaning of some therefore are lost in translation,the issue I have is the definition here used or the assumption and understanding of the word “mindfulness”

lee du ploy ( hong kong)