Beautiful Quote on Service

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy.

I awoke and saw that life was service.

I acted and behold, service was joy."
- Rabindranath Tagore

An itty bitty goal

My little goal for today:

replace 5 minutes of computer madness with 5 minutes of meditation. 

Was it life changing? not really- but it sure did feel satisfying.

I think achieving goals uses spiritual muscles that for me are some what weak at the moment. 

So starting itty bitty is important and soon maybe I'll be able to go for days without plugging in

(thought I guess if I'm going to get serious about blogging that might not work)

More Doing, Less Thinking

Sometimes I long to be one of those people who just has an idea, feels crazy passionate about it, goes for it with wholehearted dedication, and succeeds.  Maybe its never quite that smooth and simple.  Everyone has obstacles I know and the truth is that envy is a space in my life I could really use some spiritual fullness.

 I believe the fullness to fill it up with is gratitude.  Envy is believing I lack what I see, gratitude is seeing all that is there, so that these gifts can expand and fill my perception with spiritual abundance.  Lack is an illusion that I buy into when I am dependant on something other than spirituality. 

So how can I practice this gratitude and truly get better at being grateful.  The thought occured to me that I could think less- he he- I know- it's somewhat obvious, but it was an epiphany for me.  To do more, think less- this is my goal right now.