Healing with
Heart from Moss Communications
Doing What We Love
All of us have worked
with people who just love what they do. If we are feeling at all
burned out or questioning either our jobs or where we are working,
we envy these passion-driven colleagues even more. What makes them
tick? How can I get some of the joy they have? Sometimes this joy or
passion seems out of reach. Healing with Heart, the book
published by Moss Communications, is one tool that health care
professionals can use to become reconnected to that passion.
The following reflection from Healing with Heart, talks about
vocation-loving people; how to spot them, what is behind their
passion, and asks readers to reflect on what they can do to
re-ignite their passion for work. Here is a sample from the
reflection, Doing What We Love. The “I” used in the reflection is
the perspective of Martin Helldorfer, a co-author of Healing with
Heart and the Senior Vice President of Mission for Exempla
Healthcare:
Ted, the executive who works in the office next to mine, arrives
well before 7 a.m., sometimes earlier, and the first thing he does
is to make coffee for all of us. I’m no slacker when it comes to
working long hours, but he’s still in the office when I leave.
Picture someone who is pleasant, good-natured and competent, who has
a quietly infectious personality, and you will begin to describe
Ted. I wish everyone had the opportunity to work beside this man.
Why do some people come early and stay late? Why do certain
employees have such a pleasant attitude toward their coworkers,
while others are testy or demanding? Why are some easy with what the
day brings, while others are bothered by the slightest task and
irritated with any question that is asked of them? The difference
lies in whether the person is just clocking in hours to pick up a
paycheck or whether he is what researchers call a “vocation-loving”
individual.
You might say, “Easy for him, he’s not on the floor all day with
sick patients. He has a no-pressure job!” You would be wrong. While
it’s true that Ted doesn’t work directly with patients, you can find
people like him working in any position. They could be social
workers, plumbers, physicians, chefs, or nurses. Their attitude has
nothing to do with the job itself. What they possess that’s unique
is an inner love and a sense of mission for the work itself….
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