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Balance Giving and Receiving
Giving and receiving has to be balanced to make the law of abundance work out.
It made me think when I recently read an article, which began with a question:
Do you feel uncomfortable or even embarrassed, if you are invited for dinner to [an expensive] restaurant? And are you immediately giving something back, when you are given a gift?
This means that you are not open to receive and you are blocking yourself of wealth and abundance. Always be ready to be given.
When I was invited for dinner from people about whom I knew that they are doing fine financially, I never had a problem to accept their dinner invitation. But when I was invited for dinner from people who were struggling financially, even when they invited me to their home, I did something that inviting me wouldn’t be an additional cost to them, such as bringing presents, something I thought they might need.
Even though I knew that what you give you get back, but not always from the same person, I did not think that this also goes for my friends who where financially struggling. With this believe I had closed one door which lead to abundance.
Watch people who are mainly giving, people who are mainly taking and people who are giving and receiving.
I have a girlfriend who struggled and was constantly giving, but it was difficult to give her anything back. I began to see her rarely, because I did not feel good to be forced into the position of only receiving. She lost her company and had to move into a tiny apartment. Today she earns enough money to get through. Look at this example again: She was mainly giving, but did not want to receive.
I lost track of people who were just receiving. Here an example: I was a student and had just enough money to get through the month. One girlfriend came every day to my apartment, made phone calls and then expected that I cook lunch for her. After a few years I threw her out and told her never to see me again. I never again attracted that type of people. Years went bye and I met this ex-girlfriend in a coffee house. She told me that she was alone after I threw her out. No other of her friends was eager to see her.
I had one girlfriends, who forced me to accept that she pays when we went out together. I did not go out with her a third time. Do not force anyone to accept your invitation.
To what group do you belong? Are you giving and receiving? Or are you only giving or receiving?
If you are only receiving, start to give, but don’t feel that you always have to be giving. If you are a giver, start to accept to receive. Find a balance of giving and receiving.
Help people who are in need whenever you can. You will get it back, though not from the same person.
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