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Breastfeeding, Motherly Love and Singing

If breastfeeding and being a Mother and showering your kids with love was a paid job, how many more would do it?

If volunteering to sing for the sick was a paid job, would I do it? Yes, I would.

But none of these things are reality - can I turn them into my reality?

How? How would I turn breastfeeding and giving Motherly love and singing for the sick-what I’m passionate about-into a career? Into something that not only fulfils me and nourishes my soul, but into something that can help me provide for and sustain myself, my family, my friends, and my community?

Do I blog about it, as I am now? Do becoming a breastfeeding/stay-home-mum advocate or coach? Do I continue to sing at bars and restaurants for the ‘sick’ (glug glug) and disillusioned? 

How do I continue my life and do the work I was intended to do, and be rewarded and recognised for it? 

Do I even want to be recognised for it? Yes, I do. I want to live life in my own quiet way, serving my purpose and my community in a productive manner, and I also want, beyond the feelings of fulfillment and achievement, to be compensated and rewarded financially (if only to support a certain standard of living I have been accustomed to since birth - a roof over my head, food everyday, running water and electricity etc).

Does that make me greedy? No, it just makes me a normal, functioning human being.

Is it enough, though, just to do it, without the money? Yes. Because success will chase you pants down, as long as you’re doing what you love, with passion.

2023 update:

#notrich #nottraditionallysuccessful BUT #myheartisfull & #iamfulfilled

Comments

  1. AudreyApril 29, 2019 at 5:59 PM

    You are doing it! Finding meaning in the mundane. Keep looking. And looking. It pops up in the most unexpected places.

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