Give to get happiness
Whenever your happiness is based on another person, place or thing; beware, it can be lost. It may not last long. Happiness that is based on nothing and it cannot be lost. It is the happiness without any cause and cannot be destroyed by anybody. Realise that happiness.
You have to give to get back. How can you give when you feel like getting something?
We get into relationships or interactions with the business jargon WIIFM in mind. What is there for me in the transaction? In the end you are going to be a looser. In fact, life only works when we have intentions that are in order to give, in order to be of service.
Let us take love for example. This giving of love has to come from you. For that you have to love yourself, first. How can you give something which you do not have? You may show up on a relationship or to a function hoping someone will be interested in getting to know you better rather, it’s always about you being interested in someone other than yourself.
It may seem counterproductive. Soon you will realize the depth of this mindset. If you assume you are here to get, you are accepting that you lack what you are seeking. It brings more lack to you. If you assume you are here to give, you are underlining the fact that you have something worth giving. And by giving, you are aligning yourself with the flow of God, which itself is only ever giving. You are allowing the flow of life to move through you
You are looking forward this feeling, this flow from somebody else hoping to get into happiness. When you take it upon yourselves to be the outlet for this flow, rather than waiting for someone else to bring it to you, you are no longer at the effect of anyone else. You can begin to see yourselves as the source of love.
We are always taken care of. God is our source. It is love. It is happiness. It fills us with everything you need. Spend time each day in prayer so that you may begin to live in this flow.
Today I will choose rather to be more interested in another person than in myself. I will ask to be shown, moment to moment, how I may be of service in my world. I will assume that my own needs will be taken care of, and I will listen to another to see what I may give to them.
