The Art of Being
Hello Everyone:
Life seems to just get busier and busier. In the process of keeping up with all the demands, responsibilities and activities, we are in need of getting more done in less time. In essence, we must become expert doers. Fortunately or unfortunately, our culture prides itself on doing. We are taught from a very young age the art of doing. We learn to do our homework, do our chores, and do our sports, music, and art. We’ve even turned our children’s playtime into appointments that need to be made days in advance. As we make our way into adulthood, we continue to build our legacy of producing mechanisms. Many of us, myself included, thrive on making “to do” lists, crossing off those items completed each day with pride. Simply speaking, we have become doing machines. We’ve become so lost on the treadmill of doing that we’ve forgotten the art of being.
So what is the art of being? It’s really quite simple. It is a declaration of who you are, not what you do. For example, I can do great work, or I can be greatness. The first is limited to the actual piece of work that I am producing. This is not a bad thing, it’s just limiting. The second is unlimited – if I am being greatness, I bring greatness to everything I do and everywhere I go. We see this demonstrated all the time. Last month I attended a Thanksgiving Service where a woman sang. Her doing was singing a song about love. However, she was not simply doing; her being was pure love. That love was expressed in every note, every sound, every word; her entire being exuded love. What a different experience this would have been if she had only been singing a song about love, if she had only been doing.
Just think about yourself and I’m sure you can find many examples of when you’ve been doing as opposed to being. Think about doing a favor for someone. Maybe you can remember a time when you did a kind act. Maybe your heart was in it or maybe you did it out of obligation or guilt. Now think of a time when you were being kindness. How does that change the way you are in the world. How does that impact others and your acts of kindness? In the art of being, you can be whatever you want – courage, love, power, compassion, success, happiness, passion, whatever. How your being is expressed, is then up to you.
So here’s my challenge for you. Create balance for yourself and your life. Make sure you remember to be as well as do. First decide who it is you want to be. How do you want to walk around in this world? What essence do you want to hold and carry into everything you do? Then practice the art of being. If you are being excellence, bring excellence into every encounter. Breathe excellence in and out of your body. Focus more on the being rather than the doing and the doing will take care of itself. Try it and see what miracles unfold.
Stay with me and engage in this conversation. Your voice has an impact. What are your thoughts on this subject?
We want to know because….Your life matters!
Take care and till next time,
Julie
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The Art of Being
Hello Everyone:
Life seems to just get busier and busier. In the process of keeping up with all the demands, responsibilities and activities, we are in need of getting more done in less time. In essence, we must become expert doers. Fortunately or unfortunately, our culture prides itself on doing. We are taught from a very young age the art of doing. We learn to do our homework, do our chores, and do our sports, music, and art. We’ve even turned our children’s playtime into appointments that need to be made days in advance. As we make our way into adulthood, we continue to build our legacy of producing mechanisms. Many of us, myself included, thrive on making “to do” lists, crossing off those items completed each day with pride. Simply speaking, we have become doing machines. We’ve become so lost on the treadmill of doing that we’ve forgotten the art of being.
So what is the art of being? It’s really quite simple. It is a declaration of who you are, not what you do. For example, I can do great work, or I can be greatness. The first is limited to the actual piece of work that I am producing. This is not a bad thing, it’s just limiting. The second is unlimited – if I am being greatness, I bring greatness to everything I do and everywhere I go. We see this demonstrated all the time. Last month I attended a Thanksgiving Service where a woman sang. Her doing was singing a song about love. However, she was not simply doing; her being was pure love. That love was expressed in every note, every sound, every word; her entire being exuded love. What a different experience this would have been if she had only been singing a song about love, if she had only been doing.
Just think about yourself and I’m sure you can find many examples of when you’ve been doing as opposed to being. Think about doing a favor for someone. Maybe you can remember a time when you did a kind act. Maybe your heart was in it or maybe you did it out of obligation or guilt. Now think of a time when you were being kindness. How does that change the way you are in the world. How does that impact others and your acts of kindness? In the art of being, you can be whatever you want – courage, love, power, compassion, success, happiness, passion, whatever. How your being is expressed, is then up to you.
So here’s my challenge for you. Create balance for yourself and your life. Make sure you remember to be as well as do. First decide who it is you want to be. How do you want to walk around in this world? What essence do you want to hold and carry into everything you do? Then practice the art of being. If you are being excellence, bring excellence into every encounter. Breathe excellence in and out of your body. Focus more on the being rather than the doing and the doing will take care of itself. Try it and see what miracles unfold.
Stay with me and engage in this conversation. Your voice has an impact. What are your thoughts on this subject?
We want to know because….Your life matters!
Take care and till next time,
Julie
For More Information on Julie Orlov Consulting, visit www.julieorlov.com
To add your contact information to our database, go to www.julieorlov.com/contactus
Comments
I think this distinction is a powerful one. The days I feel most empowered are those days that I choose consciously to be - so my attire choice, my word choice, my decisions that day are more focused around the entire idea of being and not just doing a task. I choose basically one thing at a time to focus on being since to do it really well seems to take some conscious effort. I have to pay attention. Do you have any advice on how to “be” in more than one area at the same time? For example, be kind and be powerful and be effective - all at once without having to put so much work into it?
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