But I tend to make them anyway.
Recently I was enjoying yet another wonderful Facebook post by some dear friends in India who always seem to be doing something new and fun and dynamic. Interesting posts and intriguing videos seem to appear every day. Plus they’re teaching classes and offering support and just overall building an amazing work.
And sometimes I have the feeling that I’m simply not doing enough!
But then I had a realization: so many of my friends on the spiritual path are in their 30’s and 40’s, and when I was that age I was just as busy and my life activities were just as fun and dynamic– except everything centered around the flute: practicing for hours a day; finding gigs; preparing recitals; taking auditions; traveling; and enjoying “satsang” with other dedicated musicians.
It’s useless, but I can’t help wondering what it would have been like if the goal of all that expended energy had been finding God, rather than the perfect gig.