One woman asked me for advice about her job decision. She admitted that she had thought very much about getting a good job, but had not been able to decide yet. I told her to stop thinking and make a choice. Many people spend their lives just thinking and not taking action.
Next, I advised her to think more of her goals in life, and then select the job according to its probable meeting these goals. Don't choose a job first, no matter how good it looks according to conventional criteria – such as prestige, salary, training, pension, etc. Instead, go deep inside yourself to get in touch with your heart's goals, and then your choice of the job will clearly follow.
This young lady had been conditioned by society's educational system to think of a job, not her desired life. The primary purpose of the schools is to prepare people for entry into the work force so that society can function with stability. Thus, the schools largely align their courses and methods to the work world's current inventory of jobs. No wonder the vast majority of youth feels confined by the societal system, and thinks mainly in terms of jobs, even suppressing their interests and goals. Once they are in a job or career for long time, there is a tendency to become locked in and feel stuck. Much later, people experience regret and say to themselves, "I don't know why I lived my life like this." But by then, there is usually no easy way to reverse it.
Why should you first set your life goals and then pick your job? It's because you are the master of your life. The reason why I am building this Earth Village at the HSP Ranch is to enable people first to dream and have hope. And then they can identify their life goals. When you live your life sincerely for your dream and with hope, you will naturally choose the job that is really right for you. I want to create this kind of society with you.
Recently, when at the HSP Ranch in British Columbia, Canada, I guided a peace walk with a class of college-age "English as a Second Language" students from South Korea. Before starting off to explore the beautiful snow-covered ranch, we engaged in a conversation, in which I responded to their concerns and questions about life.
