Work, Purpose & Contribution: Habits to explore
Expressing your interests and capacities through meaningful work, creativity, caring roles or community participation. Where do you feel alive and meaningfully involved? What is restricting your participation, and what contribution is possible now?
Habit #16 - Find your passion
From apathy/lack of direction, to engagement, to purposeful Living.
APATHY/LACK OF DIRECTION
ENGAGEMENT
PURPOSEFUL LIVING
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I feel I have no direction, I will spend some time doing something that makes me feel alive and allows something meaningful in me to be expressed or contributed.”
Habit #17 - Follow the inspiration of the moment
From control & rigidity, to flow, to creative spontaneity.
CONTROL/RIGIDITY
FLOW
CREATIVE SPONTANEITY
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When plans change, I will pause, listen and practise choosing a life-giving response rather than trying to force my way.”
Habit #18 - Contribute to something greater than yourself
From self-centredness, to service to meaning.
SELF-CENTREDNESS
SERVICE
MEANING
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I notice myself focusing only on my own interests, I will use my time, attention, abilities or resources to make one contribution to someone else’s wellbeing or a shared purpose.”
Habit #14 - Surround yourself with support
From isolation, to relational discernment, to belonging.
ISOLATION
RELATIONAL DISCERNMENT
BELONGING
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I withdraw, I will reach out to one trustworthy person.” (Share something real, ask for support or practise receiving their care.)"
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Habit #1 - Focus on Solutions
From blaming & complaining, to problem solving, to creative empowerment
BLAME / VICTIM
PROBLEM SOLVING
CREATIVE EMPOWERMENT
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I notice myself blaming, I will identify one thing within my influence and take one constructive action.”
Habit #7 - Don’t believe everything you think
From judgemental or fearful thoughts, to discernment, to mental freedom.
JUDGEMENTAL or
FEARFUL THOUGHTS
DISCERNMENT
MENTAL FREEDOM
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When a judgmental or fearful thought arises, I will pause and ask, ‘Is this thought true and helpful?’"
Habit #2 - Look for the lesson and the gift
From resistance & resentment, to adopting a learning mindset (curiosity), to wisdom.
RESISTANCE / RESENTMENT
LEARNING MINDSET / CURIOSITY
WISDOM
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I notice resistance to something or someone, I will ask, "What can I learn from this, or what is the gift in this?".
Habit #21 - Trust life’s unfolding
From fear/control, to trust, to surrender / flow with life.
FEAR / CONTROL
TRUST
SURRENDER / FLOW WITH LIFE
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I cannot control an outcome, I will release my demand to determine the outcome and identify and take the next loving action that is mine to take.”
Choose one practice from the habits above that resonates with you.
Download the workbook below to access your 21-day practice plan.
Write down the ‘love enacted habit’ in your plan and each day, notice the opportunities you have to practice. Briefly record what you learn.
After 21 days, reflect on what is changing in your life, and what you want to continue developing. It might be more of the same habit, or you might want to go back to your eight areas of valour and choose another habit. Flourishing is a life-long journey of ongoing participation. We are not striving to reach a finish line!
