Your service light is on....

The check engine light comes on...uh-oh. Service is needed. Choice-suck it up and get it done(mine is on as we speak, but can't seem to find a "mechanic" with a clue as to why.*%%##..more later!) or ignore it and possibly face a big problem. Choices, choices!! The right choice seems obvious, right? We take care of our "stuff", but as humans we tend to not  service ourselves.If we don't service the car, a break down stops us in our tracks-going nowhere.Same principle applies to us-we get stuck. Seva in the yogi world means service. We are called to selfless service-to do for others. But sometimes service for us has a selfish aspect, a tool the ego uses to keep us in it's service bay. It feed us the line " this is what I can do, but I won't do that, nope, not me. Look at what I just did for them, and them, and them......"  We all know those people that exhibit this. We sometimes serve because it feeds the ego -we give what we want, not always what is needed.  By looking inside ourselves, servicing a love for ourselves we begin to extend that love to the person right next to us.We connect and our ego based limitations fall by the side of the road.  Service doesn't have to be the big "look at how wonderful I am", it doesn't have to be monetary,  it can be as simple as asking what is needed - "what can I do for you?" By selflessly serving we receive on a deeper level, we connect with something bigger than our ego. So check in with your service light-see what is needed on your highway, it might just be the beginning of a beautiful journey.