Don't Lose Your Fire

I have spent most of the last week whining and complaining because of circumstances around me and especially issues related to work and the workplace. I had to stop myself, rewind all that negative footage and focus on what is still good and where I can be an influencer.
 In our office we have some really excellent, top quality people who all they really want to do is to put in an honest day's work and be suitably rewarded. Some stick their neck out for a cause that could benefit everyone and summarily get it chopped off before all the facts are considered. My message today is to not be discouraged. Keep on doing what it is you feel compelled to do. Do not let your circumstances change your passion and even your character. Do not let your fire be extinguished. This is rather the time to fan that glowing ember back into a roaring fire as there are so many others whose flames have died out and become lumps of cold coal. All they may need is a bit of fire from your flame to re-ignite their passion again. Imagine if we all let our passion die out? What a dull grey existence we would have to carry out. But imagine if all our flames joined together. What an intense energy there would be! This sounds rather like an incitement to rebel. In contrary it is an encouragement to not lose the passion of working together despite circumstances. Rules and procedures have their place but people are what matter more. Extinguish the fire in the people and there will be no life. Fan those fires in the right way and an unstoppable force will be raised.

It is October 2015 already. It may not be the same out there, but for most of the 'workers' in my office, it has been a tough year (and not because of their own doing). Circumstances out of their control have resulted in really difficult working conditions. As always the team pulls together to get the job done. I put challenge out there now to get your fires stoked, fan them up and finish the year strong. Forget working for that bonus, Forget working for that recognition from your boss, rather work for the benefit of your colleagues and most importantly, work for the benefit of yourself.  Let these last few months of the year be filled with fun. Remember when you enjoyed what you were doing. Bring those times back. Brush off those things that have been annoying you. Let your fire burn them up. Let that fire brighten your colleagues workspace so he can perform better and brighten another's workspace. Soon the heat will be un-containable...