Being that I am a teacher I have certain qualifications which enable me to work as a teacher teaching various subjects.
I feel grateful for having chosen to be a teacher because it allows me to be around teenagers and to serve in a way that is very rewarding. Having said that, teaching can be a super exhausting job as well!
Maybe all jobs are?
I have also been fortunate enough to be yoga instructor and now mindfulness meditation awareness training has been proven to help me go deeper. Currently, I’m volunteering at a “meeting place” for people who are drug and or alcohol users.
I have been doing meditation with those who are interested and it’s very nice to see that some people are feeling good because of the practice.
I really enjoy serving people and if I can share my meditation practice with others I’m happy to do it!
My goal is to be able to open a outreach program to serve people by organizating “meditation groups” for various types of groups.
I have started the groundwork for this, but it’s not up and going yet. The next step is finding funding.
Finally, I think that everyone is my teacher and everyone I meet has something different to teach. It’s my job to be open and grateful for what ever opportunities they being.

Right now I’m having a hard time economically due to this challenging divorce and an illness which has made me unable to work full time. Therefore, it seems that money is a huge problem now.
It seems that women and kids suffer economically due to divorce.
I try to share as much as I can by volunteering my time each week and helping people whenever I can.
I’m a bit overwhelmed with the current situation I’m in which seems to be never ending.
Someday, soon, I hope there will be light at the end of the this and only good will happen.

I wanted to share this with you all.

The reflection closes with a reading of “School Prayer” by Diane Ackerman:

In the name of the daybreak
and the eyelids of morning
and the wayfaring moon
and the night when it departs,

I swear I will not dishonor
my soul with hatred,
but offer myself humbly
as a guardian of nature,
as a healer of misery,
as a messenger of wonder
as an architect of peace.

In the name of the sun and its mirrors
and the day that embraces it
and the cloud veils drawn over it
and the uttermost night
and the male and the female
and the plants bursting with seed
and the crowning seasons
of the firefly and the apple,

I will honor all life
—wherever and in whatever form
it may dwell—on Earth my home,
and in the mansions of the stars.[1]

I agree with Always Learning. We need to have action put into place to make a difference.
I would add that we start with Beingness. Being compassionate with ourselves.
To contribute to a more just world we must have an open heart and be able to have loving kindness for ourselves. We must be awake to recognize thoughts of anger or hate. We must be awake to question our thoughts of separateness or treating people as the “other”. Our thoughts contribute to our actions or in action and therefore it’s necessary for us to pay attention to where our minds are.
Mind training is essential for the contribution of a just world.
I can contribute to a more just world when I am awake and present with myself.
By radiating love and compassion inside out I am contributing to making peace around me.
When our thoughts are constantly on high speed we are caught up in our own storylines. This sort of turbulence creates an unbalanced mind.
My contribution then needs to be to focuse on the middle path of balance between love and truth.
Always Being open to the universe. Ask myself where is my mind? Acknowledge feelings whatever they are and then ask is this really true or is this a storyline my mind keeps replaying?
Be awake, Be present, radiate love and truth.