All that matters is what you love
and what you love is who you are . . .
      - This Ecstasy, John Squadra

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
       - Henry David Thoreau, in his journal, Thoreau And The Art Of Life

The path you can walk with love and reverence leads to exceptional work. Life-giving work. 

Getting everything you can out of life requires giving of the beauty inside. You can only give if it’s where your love is, where your reverence is, where you believe you can contribute the most to others. 

To develop your mastery, you need to stay excited. There are a lot of different elements to that. Your journey won’t be all happiness, all success. There will be difficult times. There may be times when you question what you are doing and why. Discipline and commitment will be required to get you through those times. That too requires love and reverence.

What does it feel like to remember your soul's task?

When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing, when your activities and actions become gratifying and purposeful, when what you do serves both yourself and others, when you do not tire within but seek the sweet satisfaction of your life and your work, you are doing what you were meant to be doing. The personality that is engaged in the work of its soul is buoyant. It is not burdened with negativity. It does not fear. It experiences purposefulness and meaning. It delights in its work and in others. It is fulfilled and fulfilling.
     - from The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav.