We can all use a hand up

Roomi and I were catching up yesterday after work and I asked, “How did your day go?  What did you do today?”  He responded, “I did nothing all day, I accomplished nothing.”  This from a man who just spent two hours helping me straighten out the shed and getting my two bicycles up and running.  This from a man who spends time at the computer each day blogging and responding to people who comment on his blog and email him about it.  I was amused he didn’t count that as work.  Work  isn’t just where you earn dollars, work is where you make a difference in someone’s life.  Work just isn’t the $10 an hour you make at your cashier job, or the $80k you make at your engineer job.  Work is also the contribution you make to those around you hour by hour, day by day, whether it be in your attitude, your kindness or your helpfulness.  The work you do to satisfy your own soul and serve others is your real work in the world.  Seva is a word used for selfless service, for work offered to God.  Your seva is your real work in the world.