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Old 05-20-2008, 11:35 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DoOrDoNot View Post
What do I want to generate?
Yes -- what quality or condition is missing in your life, that if it were present, it would make a difference, and would inspire you?

Your first response was to be a helper -- maybe that is what you really want to generate. The reason I don't think so is because you were not immediately stimulated into inspired action by the idea of being a helper; you asked, "how can I care more? How do I change into someone who wants to help more?" That seems to me to indicate that you're close to inspiration but not quite there yet.

It is very clear that you want to make a difference for people, in addition to advancing your career. And that you would like to have this quality of helping, but you're not exactly inspired by it. Do you think it's worth looking even a little deeper, underneath "being someone who helps"? I find one way to do that is to keep asking myself the question, and uncovering the layers one by one:

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What would I really have (what quality, condition or value) if I were someone who helps others?
And keep asking, what would I really have if I had that? Pretty quickly, I think, you'll find the value that lights you up -- your heart's desire in the matter -- the thing that you dearly would love to generate for yourself and for the world.
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