Input, Stephanie!

[qos]

I'm writing in haste this morning, and don't have time to get my thoughts down in a coherent fashion, so I'm going to shamelessly ask all of you for your thoughts and observations, so I can read my email and get more grist* for my inner mill/black box:

What does it mean to you to "serve"? Does rephrasing to "serve in a spiritual sense" make a difference in your answer?

How do you use your gifts to serve?

What does servant leadership look like to you?

Given what you know of me, in what ways can you imagine me using my gifts to serve? (If you can imagine such a thing at all. . . )


* Yes, poliphilo, I do hope you will contribute your wisdom. ;-)

Comments

[justbeast.livejournal.com]

You ask a tough question, o queen.

The concept of 'service' is quite fuzzy, and I'm not always sure that I agree with it or like it. But I've been thinking about this issue, for myself, for a long time.

I want to serve.. the ideas that come into my head, my passions. For the last 15 or so years, I've strongly felt that all of my experiences, knowledge and passions form a pattern of sorts, a negative space. I feel like I'm a sword, having been forged, for a particular subtle purpose.
And so when these ideas come, I want to be their knight, their perfect vehicle, to serve the fully.

You know what I'm talking about?

As for yourself, I can only say -- do what you do. Keep searching, keep going down that spiritual quest, investigate shamanism and everything else that arises.
I think the highest thing you can serve is your Self, and while that might sound weird and, well, 'selfish', I really believe that if you listen carefully, you'll see that higher powers (whether gods or Ideas) are trying to flow through you. So serve them.

[qos.livejournal.com]

You know what I'm talking about?

I do. . . although I must admit I hadn't thought about it in quite those terms before. I like the way you put that.

Thanks!