What do you love?
In Emmanuel's office, there hangs a sign that reads, What do you LOVE? He told me that I should examine what I spend my time doing, reasoning that how we spend our time is telling of what we love.
I think that who we are, the core of our being, is reflected in the answer to that question.
So, what do you love doing?
This question may be disheartening to those who do not spend their time wisely. I know it troubled and despaired me the first time Emmanuel posed it. I was troubled and despaired because it reminded me of my mortality, and I felt asphyxiated by the knowledge that my years, days, hours are limited. But mostly, I was despairing because how I have been spending my time (an indication of what I love, therefore a reflection of who I am) is not who I want to be.
What do you love?
Labels: family, G-d, mortality, schopenhauer, self-development
