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“Love at Work – 33 Love Thoughts”

This series of 33 Love thoughts and practices on Love at Work emerges from a workshop I took part in at Warwick University, UK. The participants were psychologists, therapists and organisational development consultants who are also writers, and it was about the benefits of using reflective writing. We did an exercise where we chose a subject that we were dwelling on, or which simply came up at the time. Then we wrote down, in fifteen minutes, the thoughts we had as our minds relaxed and flowed. I can still see us all as we scribbled down our responses!

I have known for a long time that if I love my clients altruistically, then it is a major aide to their well-being and growth. This is one of the reasons I am so dedicated to bringing more Love into the world. So my topic was evident to me, that I would contemplate ‘Love at Work’. What emerged is this – 33 Thoughts on Love at Work, presented as a ‘one a day Love Thought’ for 33 days, not necessarily consecutive, during these times of chaos and confusion in our world.

In these times of fear and uncertainty, these simple suggestions can bring greater peace, health and Love to our world.

Day One: Love is a way of being, beyond emotion and romance.

How can you be Love, and be Loving, at work?

Practice:

Imagine yourself as a being of Love exuding benevolence and joy. Think of times and circumstances where you can respond in more caring and loving ways. When you would normally respond by ‘being angry’ or ‘being frustrated’, or ‘being afraid’ , instead pause, take a few deep breaths and explore ‘being loving’ instead.

You can start any time, and follow the 33 days. As the thoughts appear, you can then dip in to those which appeal to you most.

Drop me a comment below with your thoughts on Love at Work. I’d love to hear from you.

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33 Love Thoughts – 2 Absolute Love

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In these times of fear and uncertainty, these simple suggestions and moments of contemplation can help bring you and our world greater peace, health and Love.

It starts with you.

You can build your inner peace and strength day by day to help your resilience, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

Day 2. Love at Work is an absolute Love, existing beyond words, actions and experiences.

Practice: Take a quiet and silent moment or two to sense what it is like to experience Love

First, bring to mind a time when you felt loved and cared for, nurtured.

Now, put your hand on your heart, and feel compassion for your self, in your humanity, and give yourself an inner smile.

Then beam your sense of Love to all around you.

Especially anything or anyone that unsettles you!

33 Love Thoughts – 3 – Resilience and Courage

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These are undoubtedly challenging times on every level, global, national, and personal. We are all making changes in our daily lives. Our world is shifting in dramatic and sometimes alarming ways. We need courage and resilience.

We need to hold together, even if we can’t physically be together, and, importantly, hold ourselves together.

Strong, courageous and resilient.

And who knew that the great simple advice from our mothers, others and teachers to wash our hands, might ultimately prove life-saving?

Day 3: Love can be tough and demanding; it demands resilience and courage.

Practice: Imagine a time when you are finding the behaviour of another challenging, and consider how that experience would be different if you thought of that person or situation in a loving way.

This doesn’t mean condoning bad behaviour, but valuing and accepting the person for who they are whilst courageously being open towards them about their behaviour and its effects.

The important things are to be flexible. Avoid blame and shame. Be compassionate and thoughtful, and mindful of those less robust than ourselves.

It’s easy to love people when they are behaving in ways we regard as ‘good’ and ‘well’. It’s not so simple to love people when they are not conforming to our ideas of ‘good’ behaviour.

We need to stay in calm and resourceful states to the greatest extent possible. (Check my Resourceful State site for support with this.)

And that’s the true test; the test of Real Love. Big Love. Love at Work.

33 Love Thoughts – 4 – Care, Compassion and Absolute Love

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What does it mean to ‘Love Absolutely’?

In a way it is the kind of Love that exists in families. The love that a caring and dedicated parent feels for a child – that they would, and do, move heaven and earth to assure their well-being and happiness.

Or, consider the bond between brothers and sisters, a sense of connection and mutual belonging.

Applying this Love outside the family asks us to go beyond the concept of nuclear or even extended family. It asks that we leap into the realm of universal family. That we acknowledge we are ultimately all brothers and sisters, connected. We emerged from the same primeval soup or dust, and we share these origins with one another. We are ultimately one.
This is Agape Love.

Day 4: Having the Courage to Love Absolutely transforms our way of being and living to compassionate and caring.

How do we find the courage to Love absolutely and unconditionally?

It takes a brave approach to decide to Love regardless of conditions. This is Agape love, which seeks nothing for itself.

Compassion and caring are currently not default behaviours in our society. Competition, fear, hostility abound.

And sometimes we are carrying those feelings within ourselves.

We can’t really feel compassionate and caring to others if we aren’t allowing ourselves to be treated with the same care and compassion, by our own selves.

So, hand on heart, again, smile at yourself, at your humanity, at your uniqueness which paradoxically is made of the same substance as everyone else’s uniqueness.
Allow yourself to be in heartfelt appreciation.

Then we can see, feel and enjoy care and compassion from other, as well as for them.

So we now experience the oneness and awareness that we are all made of the same stuff, waves in the same ocean.

And if we are all one, then we can Love and feel caring and compassion for all, as ultimately everything is part of us, and a reflection of ourselves.

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