Day 6 of the Fast
Today is the the anniversary of the day I was born. My question before I did the day's virtues pick was: what virtue do I need to guide me through the course of this year? I smiled warmly when service appeared as it is one of the goals I have set for this year to focus on. I don't expect that there is a pinnacle that one reaches in attaining a stronger presence of this virtue in life, I guess that goes for all virtues really, but there is a sense of peace and love that flows from doing something useful and meaningful for others. Some friends and I will be offering a service to our community later today, in the form of a space where anyone can come to have a conversation about race. A hot topic for sure and one might question with all the of the diverse and emotional conversations that abound, how is this a service? It is my dearest hope that we will create a safe refuge for those who wish to learn how to speak about issues of race, to learn from one another and be prepared to see and release prejudice we didn't even realise we we were holding on to. That we will establish friendships across what we may perceive as barriers. We all have blind spots, those pesky unseen areas that constrict our minds ability to see, think and be more than the sum of our limiting beliefs. When we can see into them with the compassionate assistance of others then this is the stirrings of unity. There are no service police out there to monitor the quality or quantity of one's service, I get to set these parameters for myself, to acquiesce to the requests when they emerge and give myself wholeheartedly. With all the unhappiness and despair in the world there is always this feeling that there is so much more that one can do! I am grateful for my health, the energy I possess and the talents that I have been gifted from God, to be in an active state to offer service to my community.
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