duty and responsibility
This Is How Love Works
You know the reciprocity of Oneness of Love when you give milk to your baby. Serving the baby is serving yourself. Your breast is emptied, and your baby's tummy is full.
That is an example of love and how mutual and natural it is.
And if you give your baby milk from a bottle, still you are giving the love from your heart.
As you serve another, you serve yourself. This is how love works.
This is not to say that you divest yourself in order to serve. To love does not mean to sacrifice. To love does not mean that you are deigned to sacrifice.
Responsibility and Joy
Gloria to God:
Dear God, I would like to ask You on Maureen's behalf about the time pressure she is under. She works full-time, takes care of her elderly mother, and she is also writing a book on caregiving to aging parents, so now she also has deadlines from her literary agent and publisher.
She is in town here for the summer to get some rest. She doesn't seem to be getting rest. She seems to be under pressure. She is really a fun-loving person. What do You say to Maureen?
The Advent of Joy
Today, instead of thinking of duty, think of fun. When you think of responsibility, you do not usually think of fun, but today accept that fun and joy are your responsibility. They may not be handed to you, but you can rescue fun and joy. No matter where you are, you can pull out fun and joy. Wherever you are, the responsibility for joy is yours.
