to be... put in motion... a living person... driven...

“A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller.” 
― Paul Klee

“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out thatGod hates all the same people you do.” ―Anne Lamott

“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.” 
―Carl Sagan

Spirituality: quality or state of being spiritual

The term spirituality lacks a definitive definition, although social scientists have defined spirituality as the search for "the sacred," where "the sacred" is broadly defined as that which is set apart from the ordinary and worthy of veneration.

The term "spirituality" is derived from the Latin spiritualitas and the Biblical "roeach/pneuma".
It means to be put in motion, to be a living person, and being driven.
-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality

“What is REAL?" 
asked the Velveteen Rabbit one day...

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When [someone] loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."

"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.

"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse...

"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. 

"Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand... once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always.”

― Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

experiencing LIFE... means you got to be movin'... 

"Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be 
nomadic, make each day a new horizon. You are still going to 
live a long time... and it would be a shame if you did not take the opportunity to revolutionize your life and move into an entirely new realm of experience." ―Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

Dream more... Do more... Be more...

So You Want To Be a Visionary: The Road to Making Meaning by Lorée Beth Rider, popcopymarketing.com
Sub Series - 1: Regaining Control of Your Life, Work, and Destiny

Enter a new economy; one where fulfillment means a little more than late nights with check lists of deliverables. It’s an economy of service over selfish and it looks more like happy than hype. It calls to people who are in the business of making meaning, not just making money.

Making meaning isn’t subject to market fluctuations.

The dividends don’t decrease over time. Making meaning doesn’t ask you to compromise your ethics. You don’t ever hear the phrase, ‘Mo’ meaning, mo’ problems.’ But you do seek promotions. You’re still on a ladder, and you’re even more driven than before. 

You work hard because you can’t wait to make more meaning.

At least, that’s the idea, right?

But inevitably our visions of taking the high road to a Nobel Prize might very well include visions of past due notices, because if there’s one thing ‘making meaning’ doesn’t do on its own, it’s pay the bills.

What do you sacrifice to stay the course? That’s what the process of making meaning asks you. It asks you that each time you opt out of a vacation, see your neighbor’s new car or envy the upgrades. 
It nags at you, doesn’t it? In fact, some days, you seriously resent it. 

Meaning and money can indeed co-exist, but there are always things you give up to know the true value of each.

And with everything you turn away to keep moving toward your sense of calling, you're refined and become that much more determined to make your own meaning from it.

There’s something greater than a paycheck that motivated you to step out of the pack. Can you remember the freedom of that moment? If you once trusted that you were designed to create something only you were uniquely purposed to do, then you’re already equipped with what it takes to do it.

It's time to face the fact that you're ruined.There’s no going back once you’ve felt the freedom. You may have to take a detour or re-evaluate the road map, but you’re still moving, and all along the way, you’re making meaning for the people who watch.

There’s not an upgrade in the world worth more than that.

now is a good time to pause...

there is so much blab... and blame... and useless, solutionless chatter...
everyone wants a quick fix. an answer. any answer will do... 
and then most just keep running on down the road.

reflecting on meaning, purpose, reasons... 
is what separates us from the common animals... but, we must pause

pause

temporary stop
break in a verse
brief suspension of the voice
temporary inaction especially as caused by uncertainty

a reason or cause for pausing (as to reconsider) 
thought that should give one pause

"The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection."
- Thomas Paine 

what is your cause? ... is your craft your cause?

is your project objective a might do or a must do? a hobby or a passionate pursuit?

is that how you are known? are you branded to your cause?

"Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership." -Woodrow Wilson

cause 

A person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.

Make (something) happen: "this disease can cause blindness".

reason - occasion - motive - ground - case - matter
bring about - make - occasion - produce - induce

"I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance." ―Pablo Casals 

"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." ―Albert Camus  

mean·ing

• Something that is conveyed or signified; sense or significance.
  
•  the inner, symbolic, or true interpretation, value, or message.

"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it." ―Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

sub·stance

• the tangible matter of which a thing consists
• a specific type of matter, esp a homogeneous material with a definite composition
• the essence, meaning, etc., of a written or spoken thought
• solid or meaningful quality
• the end, purpose, or significance of something.
  

ignore the smallness of the cynics... encourage... be encouraged ... 
become what you have dreamed of

“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything." ―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” ―Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." -Mark Twain

less is more...
"Wise men talk because they have something to say... 
fools, because they have to say something." -Plato 

sub·stance
Essential nature; essence.
Gist; heart.
That which is solid and practical in character, quality, or importance: a plan without substance.
a person of substance.

Making Work Meaningful and Sustainable in the New Economy  - The 7 keys to regaining control of your life, work, and destiny

series key 7:  Live Your Dream




"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now." -Alan Watts 

Terms and Conditions - Living Life on Your Terms
by Lorée Beth Rider, PopCopy Marketing

Be honest. How many of you actually read them? Checking that ‘terms and conditions’ box is like a means to an end, we can’t get from step one to step two without checking it. And all too often, we do it blindly, without thinking, without reading, without really agreeing.  

When we check it for iTunes, or to download an app, we could easily say, ‘What’s the big deal?’ but in our very own lives? Do we check it there, too? Do we blindly agree to the pre-established ‘terms and conditions’ simply as a means to an end?

There’s a dubious quality to feeling a call. And if you’ve ever been pulled toward a purpose greater than you, you’re bound to suffer a bit of embarrassment trying to live it out. Any pursuit that involves staying true to yourself forces you to read through the traditional terms and conditions that you’ve checked so many times before. What’s in there that’s left you craving more in life? What have you agreed to in the past that’s gotten you all you thought you should’ve wanted … except the hole inside you?

What you end up finding when you finally read through them ultimately forces others to examine their own pursuits, so you must be prepared to defend your new terms. If you dare to set your own terms on life, you risk loss, you risk failure, you risk humiliation … but you earn meaning. Because with every bit of the ‘leaving behind’ you do when it comes to living life on your terms, you’re investing instead in the business of making meaning."