There is a Paul Brandt song called Give It Away, and in those lyrics he says “I think I’ve found a way to make love stay … You’ve got to give it away”.
These lyrics play through my head on a regular basis as I find deeper meaning and truth within them.
We all desire to be loved and feel loved… not worthy of love by anyone is scary and awful.
Love is a human need and an extremely important one.
To openly and vulnerably love someone is the best way to be loved by someone in return. In other words, withholding your love doesn’t create a loving environment where love can flow back and forth.
When I think of the times a stranger has come from love in an interaction with me, warmth washes over me. Simple
Random acts of kindness touch even the people who only hear the story.
But I don’t think this concept only applies to love. I think it is a universal law.
I was listening to a short clip from Neale Donald Walsch, the author of the book series Conversations With God.
He was giving advice to someone who had asked him what the one piece of advice would be for someone who wanted to change their life.
I am hearing this message in so many different ways and so many different places these days that it has definitely caught my attention.
He said, “your life is not about you. Your life has nothing to do with you, your life is about everyone else. Your life is about everyone else whose life you touch, and the way in which you touch it.”
He went on to say its about giving away everything you wanted, to be the source of what others imagine they do not already have in their illusion of life.
Sounds like the song lyrics, doesn’t it?
The best way to get it is to give it away… I really love that.
I feel like this also coincides nicely with the “reason you are suffering is because you are focused on yourself” quote from Tony Robbins that has changed my life in the last 6 months.
My newest step forward is going to be to focus less on scarcity or what I think I’m lacking or needing, and focus more on what others need and look for the ways I can be the source of what others imagine they are lacking.
Can you see evidence this in your life? I would love to hear examples of how this is working for you…