Doing what you love makes it easier to enjoy a happy life.
I was inspired while talking with Ali, who performed this weekend at the Energies Balanced Spring Yoga Retreat and is singing in the above photo.
My dear friend Amie Maciszewski introduced us. She’s pictured above playing her sitar with the group she founded, Sangeet Millennium.
“It’s all positive.”
“Even the negative is positive,” Ali told us, as I realized I better grab paper and start taking notes. This man exudes happy energy with a ready smile that lights up a room.
He said he knows we’ve heard this before, but it’s about the journey and not the destination.
As he explained, life is the journey. The idea is to enjoy it now and not wait for happiness in the future.
“I used to work in IT and a lot of other jobs, but I wasn’t really happy. So I decided to follow my passion and do what my family has done for generations – play music.”
When he agreed that I could write about him, I wrote the spelling of his name. Ali Pervez Mehdi.
I casually mentioned that I have a CD of beautiful music by a man named Mehdi, and Ali shared a story that he was Mehdi’s grandson.
Really. Wow! They were serious when they told me Ali comes from generations of musicians.
In case you’re not familiar with Mehdi, I did a quick search for you. His gold selling albums have earned him world-wide recognition, which led him to open for Cirque Du Soleil and the California Philharmonic Orchestra amongst other honors. My experience is that his breathtaking music transports us body, mind and spirit.
Music has been Ali’s passion, but he had never committed to it… until he did. “Even though my jobs paid well, I realized this is not me. So I left them.”
Now he travels the world from an array of U.S. cities to Dubai and beyond, singing, performing and being a crew member for other leading musicians.
The pay isn’t the same but he LOVES every minute of it. He’s one of the happiest people I’ve ever met.
To hear the purity of his voice and joyous performance made the audience happy with his choice, too.
He said last year’s problems don’t matter.
When Amie asked which problems, he replied “any problem!”
Are you doing what you love?
Your happiness depends on it.
If happiness and doing what you love have been playing hide and seek, you can bring them to light by a simple shift of focus. Instead of concentrating on what you don’t like, look for what you’re grateful for, what lights you up or feels fun.
Be easy on yourself and enjoy the ride. This is a track that leads to doing what you love.
I work with people, at any age,
who choose to share their gifts
or business in a BIGGER way
but don’t know how, feel stuck
or would benefit from new tools
or support.
I help them be richly compensated
doing what they love by aligning
with their Soul’s goals.
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