Enlightenment, or World Cup Football?

[becky hicks]

Football (English/Euro) is 1 of my passions. Last World Cup, I got
cable just for that spectacular month. General Hospital is the only TV
that I ever watch, but for that July, I was glued to the box like any
other normal, crazed person!
There was an enlightenment course that I wanted to do around that
time. I arranged things just right for uninterrupted World Cup! No way
was I going anywhere when there were games to be watched! Hell no!
7 months pregnant with my 2nd child, I lived and died for football
that month. It really fed my soul. It actually was a great lead-in to
my awakening that August on The Avatar Course.
I was in heaven. My team, Brazil, won everything! I was ecstatic! I
cheered, I danced, I jumped up and down like a crazy person. I sang, I
screamed and had a great party through all hours of the night.
I was relieved that my country of origin - Jamaica - was not in the
World Cup. How could I bear to watch JA play Brazil? Who would I pick
to win? Damn. My national anthem and the Reggae Boyz, or my Brazilian
men with the exotic, and hypnotizing moves? Thank God I didn't have to
choose! Relief...
This year, the World Cup finals are the exact same week that I had
decided to be in service as an Avatar Master for 1 of our
International courses in Florida.
Oh my God. I considered not going to the course. So, naturally, 1 of
my sisters who has never, ever been interested in self-help, now
decides to show an interest in her spiritual awakening!
Enlightenment? Not now honey, I have men to watch on TV! What's the
karma for that?
Okay, so I will show up.
I put my Avatar tools to good use to creatively explore assisting
others with their awakening, doing my reading and writing assignments,
taping my 2 or 3 games a night, watching every one and still walking
up fresh and present for you the next morning!
Of course I can have it all! Now I'm living! Being fully present in
the moment, so alive that my heart is bursting open with excitement,
joy and passion. That's living. Bring it on baby!
When you find something you love, go for it, revel in it, soak it up!
Enjoy being with it in that moment, for that is all that there is.
The moment.