There is a nice story that occurred at the time Rama Chandra and the monkeys were building a bridge across the ocean to reach Lanka. Hanuman and the other Vanaras were lifting huge boulders and throwing them into the sea. In the course of such tremendous labor, Hanuman spied an insignificant spider, who appeared to be brushing some specks of dust into the water with its back legs. “What are you doing? move aside.” Hanuman asked of the spider. “I am helping Rama Chandra build His bridge,” the spider replied.
Hanuman was about to move the spider out of the way of his own serious work, when Ramachandra intervened, saying, “What are you doing, Hanuman? This spider is worth as much as you are by doing his best for Me.”
The gist of this is that the topmost position of loving service unto God is made manifest by directly applying whatever you have in the way of words, thoughts and energy. And that will be accepted by the Lord as first-class devotion.
It is not important what service you are performing; it is important in which consciousness you are performing the service.
It is not important where you stay, as a brahmacari or grihastha, vanaprastha or sannyasi; it is important where your consciousness stays.
It not important what is the color of your dress or color of the skin, it is important what is the color of your consciousness.