05-13-2014, 01:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-13-2014, 01:56 PM by Adonai One.)
(05-13-2014, 12:37 PM)Bring4th_Plenum Wrote: there's nothing wrong with work; it can teach you a lot of discipline.Commitment and conviction are not ways of acceptance of all things. They are ways of negating potential experience in favor of only one potential. It is a test of faith of only in seeing one thing as the self and not all as self. I seek open faith to all possibilities without expectation. I cannot state enough that I seek without expectation for seeking with expectation is seeking with a denial of other potentials that are just as worthy of love.
I am sure both Ankh and Jeremy can testify to the willpower required to work long, arduous hours in service to-others (healthcare profession), and to keep on serving despite being physically and mentally (and possibly spiritually) drained as well. It is easy to serve when conditions are 'right' and 'supportive'; but can one keep serving in the face of adversity and difficulty? That is the true test of the 'Choice' and the commitment to one's path.
ps, having worked night shift myself for many years, full time at first, I can tell you it develops many inner qualities to be continually challenged.
One of those qualities, a beautiful one indeed, is gratitude for when times are easier and more tranquil. It is a deep appreciation of just being able to be still and quiet.