Monday, August 04, 2014

GIVING:


For a while, we may need to back off from
giving as we learn to discern the difference
between healthy giving and caretaking.

To be healthy, to do our part in this spiritual
way of life, to be part of the endless cycle of
the Universe, we need to give and receive.

Giving is a fine-lined behavior each of us must
seek to understand for ourselves. It is giving
that feels good and does not leave us feeling
victimized.

It is giving based on a desire to do it rather than
from a sense of guilt, pity, shame, or obligation.

It is giving with no strings attached. Or it is
giving based on a clean, direct contract.

Whether it is giving of our time, efforts, energy,
comfort, nurturing, money, or ourselves, it is
giving that we can afford.

We can learn to give in healthy ways; we can
learn to give in love. We need to keep an eye on
our giving, to make sure it has not crossed the
line into caretaking. But we need to learn to
give in ways that work for us and others.

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