Monday, November 18, 2013

Job Descriptions

It seems that there is an unwritten, invisible and ignored element in every job description.  This is the same injunction that is used in all forms of spiritual development.

It is: "Check for wakefullness!"

Engagement with other people and engagement with the task at hand is enhanced and made more enjoyable if I am awake (or perhaps one should say 'awakening') to what's going on.  Sometimes that wakefulness prompts me to do something that I'm forgetting.  Sometimes it prompts me to be patient with others who are waking up .  Sometimes it prompts me to find a gentle and helpful way to get others to wake up.

If you see me looking a bit confused or see me stressed or in some kind of discouraged state, please smile at me and encourage me in some gentle and friendly way. Please? :-)

Would you give me permission to do the same with you?