I was talking to a dear friend
of mine after service few weeks
ago and she made a comment in
regards to what she feels
passionate about. She owns her
own business and is very
successful at it. She was
mentioning that even when her
business is very lucrative, she
feels a very strong calling to
teach Yoga. I ask her, why would
you want to teach Yoga? Her reply
was, "because not only I love it,
also because I want to be of
service to others in such a way
that will nurture their soul and
enhance their well being." That
was a very powerful answer
because she was coming from a
place of love and service as
opposed to what is in it for me,
which tends to be the average
sales mentality.
As our conversation continued
she was a little concern about
the fact that there are a lot of
Yoga teachers out there. Then
this wonderful metaphor came
through me; "Imagine yourself
being in a dark forest filled
with yoga teachers advertising
themselves as the best,
manipulating people to go to
their classes. People are running
all over the place looking for
the best teacher, or what they
would consider to be the best one
and so forth. Some end up
comfortable with the one they
have, others disappointed always
looking for a different one.
Then, up in the horizon, this
brilliant light shines and
everyone feels very attracted to
the light. Teachers all over the
place become scared and
threatened because the beauty and
brilliance of that light is
making their customers leave
their class. They try to
manipulate people by offering
discounts and specials. Even when
some clients return just for a
little while due to the strategic
manipulative tactics employed by
those ordinary Yoga teachers,
soon their clients find
themselves going back to that
light."
I said to my friend that the
light represent not her ability
to teach the class, it represent
her love for others. That love
and that attitude of service is
something that radiates from
within, which makes people feel
loved, valued, at peace and
welcomed as opposed to
manipulated or taken advantage
of.
In life, when we carry that
attitude of genuine love and
service, there is an inner
radiance that draws people
towards us therefore creating an
unlimited demand for our services
with very little effort on our
part. I must point out that it is
very difficult to maintain and
attitude of love and service when
we are doing something we do not
really enjoy. Yes, I know that we
can make a choice in every moment
as to how we feel regardless of
circumstances. I have noticed
thou, that it is much easier to
maintain a more pleasant attitude
when we are doing something we
feel inspired by as opposed to
something we do in order to
support our lifestyle or just pay
our bills.
The sense of fulfillment I am
talking about has nothing to do
with material acquisitions or
earthly success which I am not
discarding. I enjoy having nice
things and having an affluent
lifestyle. What I mean is that
someone like Mother Theresa or
Mahatma Gandhi can feel just as
fulfilled as someone who owns a
highly lucrative business.
I remember when I was visiting
my stepbrother in Puerto Rico, we
were driving along and in a
conversation his girlfriend
mentioned a day when she was
stranded with some friends along
the freeway and this man with a
tow truck pulled over and helped
them out. She said that he not
only had a very pleasant
attitude, also that he went the
extra mile for them. She went on
to say that her as well as all
their friends picked up a handful
of business cards from that man
and began giving it to everyone
they knew.
A salesman works hard to have
you buy his product just to have
to do it all over again with the
next "victim." A serviceman see
what it is that you need and
supplies it to you with love and
integrity. He is not surprised
when referral calls comes to him
from clients who want their
friends and family, not only to
benefit from your product(s)
and/or services, also because
they want their love ones to be
treated with the same love,
respect and integrity.
In conclusion what I said to
my friend was to not concern
herself with what needs to be
done or how she would be provided
but to come from a place of love.
The details will be handled by
the universe. We are all divine
messengers and when we are
willing to listen to our hearts
and to express that love which is
who we are, the universe will
support us by providing us with
all the necessary resources. We
must remember that it is our
Father's good pleasure to give us
the kingdom,[Luke 12:32], and not
to have us struggle for it.
Do what you really enjoy in
life. Always remembering that
your call in life is to create a
space where we can all feel
loved, nurtured and happy. And
what a great gift God has given
us by allowing us to created a
much better and brighter world
for others while we do in a
loving manner what we feel more
inspired by. Life is not only
easy, life is good!
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