This Q&A with John Morton was first published in the New Day Herald in October, 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n Question: <\/strong> How can I know I\u2019m on track with my service?<\/p>\n John Morton:<\/strong> If you\u2019re volunteering and being of service, it\u2019s important to take care of yourself first and do those things that nurture you. Do those things that bring you into your fullness so that when you do come to serve, you are able to give of yourself and your gifts. Let\u2019s just consider that any of your gifts is as an expression of your Light, your love, and what you have to share that is helpful. Others are also free to participate through their way of expressing their love, Light, and joy and that consciousness that brings beauty and play into serving. When that joy is your intention, you\u2019re on purpose with service.<\/p>\n Bring to your service the best that you have to give. Then give of your best fully and openly. In that process you\u2019re going to run into your ordinariness, your limitations, and where you\u2019re growing and learning. You\u2019ll come upon what you don\u2019t know and don\u2019t understand and where you judge yourself and others. There\u2019s probably going to be a fair amount of that reflected to you from others. Whether that means it\u2019s about them or it\u2019s about you, is not important to sort out. It\u2019s more important to ask, \u201cIs this serving any purpose?\u201d If it\u2019s not, then let it go. That can always be done by connecting inside to that consciousness that is the Christ, that One who takes what we see as burdens, unclarity or debts and lifts them.<\/p>\n Our job when we serve is to let go and not look back, not tempt our self by asking or checking, \u201cWell, did I let it go? Am I still judging myself? Are they getting it? Why don\u2019t they get it? Why don\u2019t they appreciate me?\u201d<\/p>\n Instead, just let all that go and understand that when you come to serve and volunteer, you give of yourself. It\u2019s something to do completely. Holding back would be judging or criticizing yourself or your service, rather than just coming to do it as best you can with loving for all.<\/p>\n If there is a next step for you to do in your service, hopefully, you would realize that for yourself. Sometimes, life being what it is, it reflects that to you. If we\u2019re resistant and perhaps positioned in some way of hanging on to what\u2019s past and no longer working, then we won\u2019t necessarily consciously know, \u201cWell, it\u2019s time to move on. It\u2019s time to do something else.\u201d You may just have a sense that there\u2019s something about your serving where you don\u2019t feel the inspiration. You don\u2019t find the clarity or you don\u2019t find yourself full of loving energy and enthusiasm. You feel something\u2019s lacking or missing. At those times, pay attention so that you can respond with loving for yourself and whatever is your next step in your service. Often it\u2019s simply time for you to go and do what\u2019s next for you. What your service in the past has been for you served its purpose, at least for now. Go do what else would serve your growth and upliftment.<\/p>\n You can check out your service with the people you\u2019re working with. Ask them, \u201cAre you getting value out of this? Is this working for you?\u201d However, it isn\u2019t necessary to base the value of your service on whether or not others are participating fully or even at all. It\u2019s most important that you find yourself on purpose. That purpose can include moving into your weaknesses, which could be where you judge yourself, turn away or stop serving, and where you don\u2019t finish or complete your intention.<\/p>\n There\u2019s an aspect of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness that goes towards fulfillment of the Soul’s purpose in this world. We\u2019re in that movement in a direct way, a no nonsense way, as much as we can, and as much as we know how. In that process there\u2019s a partnership that goes on spiritually. It\u2019s simply involves you doing your part as much as you can, as best you can, and being open and allowing the Spirit to match you and come in and complement and harmonize with how all this is working in upliftment.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that serving will feel comfortable, pleasant, or familiar. It won\u2019t necessarily mean that people applaud you or give you all kinds of acknowledgment, praise, or anything like that. It may simply be that you know inside you\u2019re on purpose. You\u2019re in the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n I look at those moments when I know I\u2019m serving in the right place at the right time as something on the order of synchronicity. I realize there\u2019s no place else I would want to be. There\u2019s no place that would be better for me. Whenever you find that moment of synchronicity and perfection for yourself, attune to it. Then allow your life to complement whatever\u2019s going on physically in the world through your acceptance and cooperation.<\/p>\n Things that don\u2019t work in that perfection will probably be those things you can release and let go. There\u2019s a reason why things are not working in the perfection of what\u2019s going on. At those times, you may realize, \u201cI can\u2019t be in two places at once. I can\u2019t be all things to people. I can\u2019t make everybody happy.\u201d That\u2019s good to realize. So what and where are you going to choose?<\/p>\n If you choose into a direction of serving and you find it\u2019s not really working for you, the person or the situation, then just let that go. Don\u2019t be concerned about it. But if it is working, even if you don\u2019t yet understand it, you can move into it fully and completely with your loving and Light. It\u2019s kind of like if we\u2019re on a ship and some of us are in the boiler room and it\u2019s all sweaty and noisy, but the engines are working and that\u2019s about all we know. We don\u2019t know if we\u2019re on course. We don\u2019t know if we\u2019re about to hit an iceberg. What we do know is that the engines are working and we\u2019re doing our part to serve what\u2019s working in that moment.<\/p>\n The things in this world, the conditions, the circumstances, and the laws that man has constructed are not what you serve. They\u2019re not what determines your life destiny. That\u2019s inside of you. So as you attune to that perfection, you can realize if a situation is on purpose for you. You can discover if it\u2019s fulfilling an experience that\u2019s important for your learning and growth as a Soul in this world.<\/p>\n One thing I can guarantee is if you\u2019re in a situation, there\u2019s something being fulfilled. Each situation you\u2019re in has purpose for you. The purpose might be that you\u2019re done and now you\u2019re waiting. So would you like to be of service while you\u2019re waiting? Would you like to do for others what you\u2019ve done for yourself? Doing so will assist you in holding and maintaining what you have created as you move towards fulfillment.<\/p>\n