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A Five Star Life
14th, January 2026Description
I find myself wondering what really makes something five star. A restaurant. A hotel. Even a moment between people. It keeps coming back to goodwill, that quiet inner wish to truly want what is best for someone else. Swedenborg names it plainly in Secrets of Heaven 3033, where goodwill presses us to think, decide, and act in harmony with care. I see it in what the hospitality world calls predictive service, the art of noticing before being asked, of having eyes to see what another might need next. A phone charging quietly on a nightstand in Napa. A friendly face already waiting in the parking lot, walking me to a hidden hotel along the Delaware. These are small things, yet they carry weight. They feel natural. They feel loving. When goodwill leads, service becomes effortless and sincere, and life itself starts to feel five star. The invitation is simple and searching. Where can I show up today already prepared to serve, already ready to love, already thinking ahead for the sake of another?
Wouldn’t it be great if no one wanted to be served? If we all focused on the work needing to be done, worked as a team when necessary, helped one another spontaneously as needs arose but kept our eye on the task. This approach seems far more adult, less inclined to pandering and careful to avoid the desire to “be served”. Just my thought on this subject.
I really appreciate this thought. In many ways, that team-centered maturity you describe is exactly what goodwill looks like in action. Swedenborg says goodwill moves us to think, decide, and act for others without self-focus. When service flows naturally like that, it doesn’t feel like being served at all. It feels like shared love at work.