Dani's (attempt to be) Daily Pirkei Avot

א,ג אנטיגנוס איש סוכו קיבל משמעון הצדיק. הוא היה אומר, אל תהיו כעבדים המשמשין את הרב, על מנת לקבל פרס, אלא הוו כעבדים המשמשין את הרב, על מנת שלא לקבל פרס; ויהי מורא שמיים עליכם.
The sefer , "Who Haya Omer" brings down a mashal from Rav Chaim M'Velozin in order to understand the beginning of this mishna:
He says : Imagine you are living in a certain country and the king pays a visit to your town . It is known throughout the country that the people's lives are in the king's hands and with this is mind how would you honor him when he pays this visit? Would you think that you should receive reward or a prize for honoring him? Of course not.. honoring and attending to the needs of the king is a given when being part of a kingdom and it is your way of showing appreciation for all the king does for you.
With that being said, we are merited to have the chance to serve Melech Malchei Hamelachim 24/7 but do we feel as though we deserve a prize for serving Him? Every time we daven or perform a mitzvah or act of chessed we need to ask ourselves what it is that is driving us to do so. Are we secretly hoping for reward or are we doing these acts l'shma?

Secondly, Rav Chaim M'Velozin explains that there are two types of "avadim ha'meshamshim" . The first type is the servant whose only goal is to receive reward for serving his master. The second type is the one who one who does not specifically serve his master in order to get a reward, but he wants to learn a specific trade through serving his master; he wants to learn from his master's ways.
We represent the second servant .The specific trade that we want to acquire is how to emulate Hashem and through serving Him, we are able to accomplish this and that is the ultimate prize.