Redefing Work

Redefining Work
More support for “The Creative Theory of Recovery”
I’ve been privileged to walk this earth for a while, do some great things, travel and work with interesting and progressive people. I’ve also seen far too many talented people what I would call “under achieve their hopes and dreams” because they don’t know how to make it happen.
I have been on a journey of life recovery for many years, and a part of getting an abundant life is living with out addictive substances and behaviours that took joy away. I am grateful for the positive journey I’ve been allowed to experience, but I’ve worked hard at it and had a ton of help.
In the area of addictions, less than 5% of those who go to a 12 step meeting or rehab centre put together 5 years free of their addiction of choice. This is scary and I’ve watched it first hand.
I think the same type of statistics is true for non-addictive people also. Few achieve the life they dream of over the long haul. Think about your life and the lives of people you know well.
I have studied a large group of people who have made positive changes in their lives, and maintained the positive direction over a long period of time.
Earlier I mentioned “WORK” and thought the thoughts I received from Hazelden were really worth sharing, and relevant to my current project.
“Without work all life goes rotten.
-- Albert Camus
Most would not think of work as a prize. That is often due to the concept we have of work.
Work can be that of an artist, the work of creation. Such work is not the response to a whistle or the boring activity that follows a punched time card. Creative work is the fullest human expression of being alive. It comes from the inside out and has no boss other than an inner demand to create a thing of beauty that previously did not exist.
The primary task of human beings is to creatively work at making our lives a remarkable thing of beauty. Whether we be butcher, baker, or candlestick maker there is always the opportunity to make a truly creative effort of a life's work by pounding out our dents and polishing that which is already beautiful. When we understand that life is the medium and we are the canvas, our efforts to improve become an exciting challenge rather than a boring task.”
Together with a brilliant man by the name of Patrick Meninga (www.spiritualriver.com) who has developed the term, written extensively about it and much more, I believe when fully put into practise “THE CREATIVE THEORY of LIFE RECOVERY’ is something that will harness creative work, and improve the statistics noted earlier.
It is my intention to incorporate this expansive thinking into action through coaching. Any and all that read this and have an interest are invited to go to www.hopeserenity.ca and share their thinking on what leads to life recovery long term.