by Joe Tassinari

     It makes sense to create a loving world, flourishing with peace and joy. But with our jobs, obligations and general routine, who has the time or energy to create a loving world?

Why not create a loving world while practicing it at work?

     Let's face it, we have to go to work to pay our bills. It takes up a lot of our time and if given the opportunity most people would rather be doing something else. The good news is that we get paid to be there.

Why not get paid to create a loving world?

     If we get along and cooperate at work, we'll enjoy each others company, relax, have fun, communicate, and become better at what we do. Prosperity will blossom in service, production, spirit and goodness – not to mention more profit and abundance.
     The good vibes from our workplace will carry over to clients, our families, friends and shine throughout the community – we'd be at ease and happier people.

What does a loving world look like?

     Some of us have gone to spiritual services week after week, and have heard that we need to love one another. As we listen to the message of love we imagine ourselves nodding in approval because it sounds like a good idea and makes sense. Then we get in our cars, drive home and mentally prepare for the work week.
     Some of us have learned about a message of love from teachers, yogis, coaches and the like. We've heard of oneness, how love ties into the All and it's universal nature. This makes good sense as we comprehend the nature of a loving world, but practicing love on a daily basis seems overwhelming.
     Sometimes a loving world is presented with logic. "We either hang together or we shall most assuredly hang separately." –Benjamin Franklin "The only way to save our world from element 94 (plutonium) and environmental degradation is to learn to cooperate with one another." – Dr. Michio Kaku "The world loves us when we choose to love the world." – Marianne Williamson. Ya, but everyone's busy and life is complicated.

     American hero and honored patriot, Dr. Martin Luther King, spoke of a "beloved community" where brotherhood is real in society, in mind and in spirit. A beloved community is not the mere absence of something negative like uneasiness or mistrust or segregation but the flourishing of the positive: "… a community of love and justice wherein brotherhood would be an actuality in social life and in mind." A beloved community where people walk among one another with a welcomed sense of inclusion and ease.

A community of love could be established during the work day.

Workplace Enrichment, "The Practice of We" is one way to establish a loving workplace.

Joe Tassinari lives with his family in Lotus, CA USA where he is a Positive Workplace Facilitator, river guide, Youth Development professional, UC Davis Instructor and takes afternoon bike rides around Coloma and Lotus.

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Here is another Love In The Workplace blog, by Mariann McDonagh, which gives supporting data from Harvard Business Review. Positive Psychology Center. 

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