When the busyness of life and the deadlines loom \u2013 that is when we need to see if our joy balance is in check. Sometimes we think that we need to get things done before we can play. I know, I am a recovering workaholic and sometimes the joy of ticking off my To Do List surpasses my intrinsic need to play, laugh and feel that connection to Spirit flow through me in every single moment of the completion of that To Do List.<\/p>\n
I find it ironic that I tend to get more done when I am in my sweet spot of joy. When I am listening to the Spirit not only for the next thing to do, but how to do it, that\u2019s when I find that time not only warps and I get more done, but I don\u2019t feel strung out at the end of the task. It\u2019s like, along the way, I have been filling my cup rather than depleting it. So then, I don\u2019t need to \u2018play hard\u2019 to compensate. I\u2019ve been playing along the way and there is such a lightness in my being. People even say to me, you look different, a lot lighter in your energy. It is true.<\/p>\n
I definitely know how serious I can make life. Like my job is to enlighten the planet right? Wrong. My job is to allow myself to connect to joy. Joy is the light shadow of my infinite connection to Spirit. If I do this and if I truly believe in the other Everyday Lightworker Principle of Unity, then I know that in every moment that I allow joy into my being, I am feeding the rest of the world automatically. That is what I call \u2018guilt free receiving\u2019. Because if I put a limit on how much joy I am \u2018allowed\u2019 then I put a limit on how much joy I give to the world. We are all one. As I feel and allow the Divine Connection to weave and ebb through me, I allow and give permission for the rest of the world to feel it too.<\/p>\n
This is being of true service. Service is not devoid of joy. Service is not only about giving, it is about allowing ourselves to receive and not feeling the need to give everything away the minute we receive something. Feeling the compulsion to give – to serve as a knee jerk reaction \u2013 says, \u201cI don\u2019t feel there is enough\u201d and we feed this belief back into the world.<\/p>\n