Door County, Wisconsin
“Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.” (Elkhart Tolle)
Giving is receiving.
And as a reminder…
“Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.” (again, Mr. Tolle)
If you believe you are better than others due to your spiritual, political, intellectual, whatever views, think again. It could be a trap…
When Giving Is All We Have
Alberto Ríos, 1952
One river gives
Its journey to the next.
We give because someone gave to us.
We give because nobody gave to us.
We give because giving has changed us.
We give because giving could have changed us.
We have been better for it,
We have been wounded by it—
Giving has many faces: It is loud and quiet,
Big, though small, diamond in wood-nails.
Its story is old, the plot worn and the pages too,
But we read this book, anyway, over and again:
Giving is, first and every time, hand to hand,
Mine to yours, yours to mine.
You gave me blue and I gave you yellow.
Together we are simple green. You gave me
What you did not have, and I gave you
What I had to give—together, we made
Something greater from the difference.
(Source: https://www.poets.org)
And in giving… We find us. And in giving…. Joy arrives. And in giving… We remember.
Méia Jacobs 