Passion and Purpose: When What You Asked for Comes True

Betsy Cerulo

It’s a Friday afternoon, you sit back in your chair after a busy and productive week.  It hits you…everything you have asked for, prayed for, meditated on, cried about and worked your ass off for, is right here in front of you and you have IT!  Perhaps the “IT” is that you have delegated the tasks that no longer excite you and now, you can focus on higher level challenges.  Or maybe you took the step to quit your job and start your own business.  Maybe you set up your own space in the house and have been wildly creating like you always dreamed.

So now what?

NOT A DAMN THING! There is no longer anything to do but lean into your dream, wrap your arms around it and drink up every last drop of your passion.

This can sometimes be where people sabotage what they asked for because they just don’t freakin’ know how to do anything different from what they have done for years.  They look around bewildered or they try “IT” for a short period of time and throw in the towel.

But remember…NOTHING worth holding close to your heart happens overnight.  One dream leads you to another and another and even another.  We sometimes run from what we really want simply because we don’t know how to keep it.  I bet you can think of a few people who wanted the perfect spouse and they get it and then toss the person aside because they are not good enough.

There are times when what you have is enough and often, more than enough, when we allow ourselves to take it in, be with it and nurture it.  We only tend to run from what we really want because we are afraid of the unknown.

I can remember about 15 years ago in my career I had things just the way I wanted.  Once I allowed someone else’s “never enough” way of thinking to permeate my “more than enough” view, I started to discount what I had and believe that it wasn’t enough.  Well, you can bet my company started to dismantle piece by piece.  The work wasn’t enough, the employees weren’t doing enough.

When I nearly lost everything, I had the BIG “ah-ha” moment and surrounded myself with healthy and positive-thinking people, starting with myself.  My conversation of more than enough began to be the primary talk in my head.  I was grateful for each little thing as though it were a big thing.  The little things grew out of positive thought like a seed with water.  Then I saw that I had more than enough and it was blissful.  My inner light started to shine again and my company grew and the people I get to work with made – and still do – my heart smile.

So, I invite you to look at who you are and what you have.  Is it enough? Is it more than enough?  If you want more, honor that and let it be the icing on your passionate cake.  Life is way too precious to focus on what we don’t have.  We really have it all when we are truly ready to receive it.

So as you sit in your chair, smile and say “Thank you, God/Spirit/Higher Power” for allowing me to be more than enough.”

And, as always, make time to enjoy.

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Betsy Cerulo is the founder and CEO of AdNet AccountNet, Inc., an integrative business solutions company offering recruiting and placement of accounting, financial, administrative, healthcare, human resources and information technology professionals and staff in the private and government sectors.  Her company and employees were recently honored as a 2013 SmartCEO Future 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the Baltimore area. Check it out on YouTube to know more about AdNet’s successful path during turbulent economic times.

Betsy can be contacted directly at 410.715.4035 or by email at [email protected] for Business Advisory Services.

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