smiley-432563_640What does it mean to be a team player?  It means you care more about the whole than any one individual, most especially the self.  Does this mean you must be self-sacrificing to be a team player?  There are no musts or shoulds, merely the question, “what will best serve the greater good in this moment?”  Be cautious, however, with the concept of teams and competition, for each team is like your nested Russian dolls.  Each team in a league or a federation is part of a greater team, and on and on it goes until you realize there is only one Whole.  Keep the larger picture in mind and service comes quite naturally, shifting the focus away from the self to where it always belongs:  on love.