I'm in Desert Hot Springs for the weekend with Heidi & Megan for Heidi's birthday. The hotel is totally awesome. It's amazingly chill and the vibe is wonderful. I had a couple hours today to hang out in the spa tub, relax, and read a bit from Seale's Intuitive Living: A Sacred Path. Today, I read about the gifts we're born with and those things we contribute to the world around us. Given in the book is a quote from Agnes de Mille's biography about Martha Graham one day when the two were talking.
Martha said to me, very quietly, "There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
Regardless of the fact that we are continually reborn, no one else in time will have my combination of talents in soul and in body. Between these two and the fact that we are constantly evolving into more complete, more aware, more conscious people, no one else will be able to give the world what I can give it. No one's brain works like mine; no one's emotions are like mine; no one will be able to hone his/her talents in the exact same way that I can. As small as I am in the Universe, I can and do contribute something to the world around me and it is completely up to me how much I use it to help others and to serve the world.The book also states,
Your work is very important. You are very important. But then so is everyone. The problem is that not everyone recognizes how important they are and their work is in the service of the world, in the service of Love. Your job is not to tell others how important they are. Your job is to know how important you are and to live your life, every moment, every breath, every action, in service to Love. Others will begin to see and know and understand and learn of their own importance as Love-servers as they are in your presence.
What else needs to be said? I'm living my purpose as we speak and seeking to live and Love and serve.
