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How to Follow Your Spiritual Path from 9 to 5
Copyright by
by Kathleen Hawkins
www.winningspirit.com
There's a lot of talk
lately about bringing
spirituality to the workplace, but what does that mean
exactly? How can we practice spirituality at work without interfering
with individual religious beliefs and rights?
“Spirit,” as I define it, is “the life-giving, animating force within
all things.” To be spiritual means to seek and respect this presence in
ourselves and others. To follow our spiritual path at work, then, means to act
with the highest integrity for the greatest good of all involved.
Various religions are the means by which people relate to, and
celebrate, a Greater Power, God, or Spirit as they understand it.
Spirituality is intensely personal, but as with any universal concept,
such as beauty, freedom, or love, we demonstrate our understanding of
the concept with our actions. For example one aspect of love is “a deep
affection for another person.” When people love each other they
personalize the concept by doing things to express that love, such as
giving each other gifts, communicating on an intimate level, and
spending time together. Likewise if you have a personal relationship
with God, Spirit, or a Greater Power, you can express that relationship
in your life—including the time you spend at work. You can do this in a
variety of inspired ways, such as:
1.
Replace one of your daily coffee breaks with a
prayer or a meditation
2.
Work on a different virtue every day, such as patience,
cooperation, or
compassion
3.
Repeat a mantra, word, or phrase that suggests tranquility
after
disagreements or interruptions to center yourself
and return comfortably and quickly to
the task at hand
There’s increasing evidence of the value of having a spiritual
perspective in our daily lives. More than a third of the medical schools
in the United States now offer courses on spirituality and health.
Dr.
Harold G. Koenig, director of the Duke University Center for the Study
of Religion, Spirituality, and Health, has found that people who put
spirituality at the center of their lives recover from depression 70%
faster than those who have no spiritual focus. They also lower their
blood pressure and strengthen their immune systems.
When you express
your spiritual nature at the office, you might find that you enjoy
similar results: more energy, a greater sense of well being and, maybe
best of all, renewed enthusiasm for coming to work.
You may copy, reprint, or forward this
article to friends,
colleagues or customers, as long as you include the following credit:
Copyright by Kathleen Hawkins, author of Spirit Incorporated: How to
Follow Your Spiritual Path from 9 to 5.
www.WinningSpirit.com
Let
Kathleen
Hawkins help you increase your personal and
professional effectiveness and look forward to coming to work every day
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MEET
KATHLEEN HAWKINS
 Kathleen is
a speed reading expert, vice president of the National Management Institute, and the author of
four books, Time Management Made Easy, Test Your Entrepreneurial
IQ, Reverse Speech: Hidden Messages in Human Communication,
and Spirit Incorporated: How to Follow Your Spiritual Path From 9 to
5. She wrote a column for five years for Success magazine and
wrote and produced the best-selling audio-cassette programs, Speed
Read to Win and How to Organize Yourself to Win. Her articles
and ideas on how to increase personal and professional effectiveness have
appeared in more than 200 national publications. In addition to being
a best-selling author, Kathleen is a professional speaker and a business
consultant. Thousands of people from all levels of business, science,
education, and industry have taken her courses.
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