I have to admit I love this philosophy of life. Fred Gratzon is a very Taoist person. And I have certainly found that since I gave up “working”, money has indeed flowed my way when I need it.
It’s a hard concept for people to accept, this idea that you should simply do what you love and the money will follow. And I don’t really think it does work for everyone. But giving up what others expect of you, and following your heart, is the only way to truly be happy with your life. I have a beautiful garden that I never “work” in, yet people imagine it must take huge amounts of time. Hah. I spend no more time working on my yard than they do, and it looks a lot better. Why? I let it be natural, and let things grow where they please and where they work out well, instead of forcing my yard to look like Home and Garden magazine.
My home is the same way – not everyone’s idea of a beautiful home, but a functional, happy place that works for us and is reasonably clean, if not always neat and tidy. I can find anything I need within five minutes. (Except in the kid’s rooms, of course, since I don’t clean them and they aren’t expert lazy people yet).
I really hope to one day have my golden retriever ranch, raising and rescuing goldens. And I know that won’t be one bit of work, even with all the goldens, a big garden, and lots and lots of land. Because it will all be fun.
The Lazy Way to Success: Your Calling and The Real World
I don’t believe in work and I don’t do it and I don’t ask/require anyone else to do it for me. I believe in fun and expansion and joy and love and passion and collaboration and laughter and integrity and social responsibility and evolution and devotion and natural law and honesty and friendship and deep silence, and doing unto others etc. And as a result, money comes as a beneficial side effect.
But if you think working, and being bossed, and getting stressed, and sitting in traffic jams, and being crammed in a cubicle, and living from paycheck to paycheck doing stuff you hate, and getting heart attacks, hives, and headaches is the path to success, be my guest. Me, I prefer playing golf and going on picnics and doing projects that I can’t wait to get up in the morning to do.
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