Resting Between The Hoops

"Resting Between the Hoops" 

As my lofty goals of creative enlightenment and service flutter around my head among the expectations (and politics) of a Health and Safety Re-opening plan and the general administrative and marketing duties of running a business, I am pushed to consider the inevitable cost of holding space for others.

If I "jump through the hoops" am I allowing myself to be manipulated by the system OR am I doing the work that must take place to provide the space for wellness? 

Though I have always been selective about which hoops to go through and which ones to go around, over the years, I have learned that those hoops are only obstacles when I allow my ego to define them. 

Recently asked, what is the cost of navigating those hoops, I paused. 

Somewhere around 0:Dark30 this morning I heard the question,

 "What is the cost if you don't?"

And...there it was. 

Being "of service" to anything has never been the easy path to choose. 

So, I will continue to rest between the hoops and do my best to leave my ego sitting in the red tape as I move forward. 

Perhaps, I will also evolve a little bit along the way. 

~Blessings! 
["Hoops" 48" x 60" acrylic on stretched canvas 2001) ]