It is important to recognize that doing things out of guilt or “shoulds” is counterproductive. Such motivation spawns anger, tension, and righteousness with which you will infect other people. This is hardly helpful since emotions such as these are part of the problem and our task is to reduce them. That is why it is so
important to learn a little-known secret about contribution and service: it is okay to have a good time. All too often we approach service with grim-faced determination and a hidden assumption that we are not really serious about it if we are not suffering. Yes, it is true the world is in bad shape, but creating more suffering in ourselves is hardly the way to relieve it.
