What You Do - Do It With Love

As four daughters in the family with a working mother, we would be the ones to prepare tea, the evening tiffin, dinner, etc., most often.

Mom would prepare the morning meal and pack our lunch boxes. After our return from school and college, it would mean one of us would have to prepare the tea first and then the tiffin, etc. Who would bell the cat and who will ultimately do it?

The eldest would pass on the baton to the 2nd sister, she in turn would tell me to make tea, the 4th and the youngest would be requested to prepare it with a comment that she makes the best tea! Being in her early teens she would be upset at the buck passing to her almost every working day. I am sure if she had a younger sister she would have done what we did to her!!
But once she says yes we would all follow her and help her out. We were the friendly four and used to do most work together. Chatting and sharing about the day's happenings were the golden moments we shared with each other.

My 2nd sister would always tell all of us that whatever we do we should do it with a smile or with love. Her logic was - we will anyway have to prepare one thing or the other, so why pout at all. The same work if done with love would spread so much happiness around. I have heeded to her advice on such matters and put this into action. I have found a lot of peace and love in doing jobs with total devotion.

To this day I follow this simple rule. What I do I do with all the love and affection for the other person. It has become second nature and my mind is always calm and peaceful. My mind feels happy when I do things for others which gene I might have inherited from my daddy dear.
It has given me a rare confidence and the ability to remain calm even during a lot of crisis.
In anger and jealousy is hidden a lot of tension, pain and insecurity ultimately leading to ill-health. These are traits for those who are too attached to certain things in life. It is a pain for them as well as others who have to live with them.
Again chronic ailments may be due to some other factor, but generally ailments are a result of too much tension/anxiety and anger against people in general in matters big or small.
If one is able to bless the person who is creating trouble for us in some way, we move on that much faster in life to enjoy our share of happiness.
May we all enjoy our lives. May we all 'get a life'. May we bless all those who create problems for us as they are our true teachers but is the headache really worth all our time and energy is a question I ask myself too often but that's a topic fit for another blog :D

Take care.
Mahalakshmi