I was watching American Idol last night and was once again completely mesmerized by Jacob Lusk. Besides his amazing talent, I absolutely love how he feels the music and becomes the music when he sings. He sings with pure emotion and pure love – and he takes us to such a magical place with his amazing talent.
Another singer I love listening to is Jackie Evancho. She has such an angelic voice, and I’m completely in awe every time I hear her sing. She also just becomes the music – she sings with pure love.
And while these two singers have completely different styles, they effect me in such a similar way because of the emotion behind their singing. Their love for it shows through, and it’s amazing to see them so completely “in it.”
There is something magical that happens when we do what we were born to do.
I love the German word – funktionslust,
which means “taking pleasure in what we do best.”
Finding our true calling – our heart’s desire – and then taking action and
fusing our current life into this life is what it’s all about.
And when we do that – we immediately feel the pure joy that comes from knowing we are doing what our soul is asking – what we were put on this planet to do.
It’s that big – it’s that powerful – and we know it when it’s happening.
We are filled with pure love and pure joy and complete knowing.
Spend some time today thinking about a time in your life when you have felt this joy –
even if it was just for a moment.
What were you doing?
How can you make sure that you bring more of this into your present life?
If we could all experience funktionslust in our daily lives, we would all be operating from our hearts – our souls – our cores. And just imagine how wonderful that would be!
Greta post. I have not been watching American Idol this time around.
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This is so true! I am a performer by nature (and a pretty good singer if I do say so myself), and I always feel most "at home" and at peace when I'm onstage, whether it's doing a stage play or belting out some karaoke somewhere, that's where I feel the most joy. Luckily for me, I am now really aware of this, and am currently back in college to become more skilled at what was – up till now – a hobby. Thanks for this wonderful reminder!
Christie – it's a really good year, I would definitely recommend watching it. 🙂
J.C. – That's so great that you're following your passion! The first step is definitely becoming aware of that passion – and the next step is taking action. So happy that you are pursuing your dream! 🙂