Being in love with what you do

This thread about hap­pi­ness, joy and love has taken a life of its own, and it’s been quite fun to see some of the responses off twit­ter and the like.

There were some who, under­stand­ably, said things like “I would love to do what I love, but it doesn’t pay the bills”, or “at what cost?”, or “it’s too risky”.

And that under­lines what it all boils down to — when you fall in love, and you want to pur­sue that love, you take a big risk, a leap of faith. And when faith doesn’t carry you across the chasm, you bloody hell flap your arms and work at it. The risks are heart­break, fail­ure and other atten­dant side effects of pur­su­ing what you’ve fallen in love with.

A good friend, Bill Ang, pointed me to a speech he wrote for the NUS class of 09, and it prob­a­bly sums it up bet­ter than what I am likely to do here haphazardly.

“Do what you love for you will end up lov­ing what you do.

And if you still don’t quite know what it is that you love, keep search­ing. You will find it. And when you do, you will make a difference.”

And you will be rewarded with joy.

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