I said that I didn't necessarily agree with that. I'm all for creating passive income, don't get me wrong. But when you are showing up to do the work that you love, you are certainly not a slave! Which brings to mind an item I posted in the past on the subject of "Working to Live or Living to Work" which I believe is worth repeating...
I believe we are all given special talents and gifts and that it is up to us to discover those gifts and become aligned with our true purpose. I believe that when we find that purpose - our true "work" - we are in bliss and in love with it because we are doing what we were meant to do. It could be in business or the arts or science or being a parent.
So, in essence, we are living to "work" - to express OUR work, our purpose, our joy, our bliss. That is what I mean by living to work. And I believe there is a very good chance that when we are aligned with that work that we become a magnet to the material riches that the Universe has for us and open to the abundance that surrounds us.
I don't know how many would agree with me, but I could never live a life doing nothing but traveling, vacationing, lunching, spending hours at Neiman Marcus, country clubbing, etc. I for one will always need to be expressing myself in some joy-filled work - my soul demands it. Just like my body needs to breath.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I couldn't take a month away now and then :-)
A very clear picture comes to mind. There is a wonderful movie titled Always - a Steven Spielberg film and remake of the original A Guy Named Joe...about the woman whose pilot fiance returns after death to guide her to new love. Well, in the modern version, the pilots are all firefighters who fly the planes that spray the forests to put out fires. (By the way, it's a great movie and I recommend it to everyone.)
Anyway, I saw a documentary about Spielberg while he was filming this movie and in one scene he was way up in the sky in a crane checking out the scenes and lay of the land. All around him were the blazing fires (hope they weren't real trees but just special effects). What struck me so intensely was when he took his eyes away from his camera and stood up and yelled, "MY GOD, I LOVE THIS BUSINESS!"
THAT'S living to work. And he doesn't have to do it for the money. He has all the passive income in the world.
Now this subject surfaced because this businessman and I were discussing the vast potential for Feel Free to Prosper books and products for passive income. Lovely. But nothing in the world can take the place of showing up to see the posts from my students or exchanging the prosperity energy on our calls or in classes.
There's another famous quote out there to the effect that "showing up is half the battle."
Passive income? Showing up? I say why not have both? There are no limits in this abundant Universe.
Marilyn
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