* THANK YOU ARTI for this lovely inspiration! :)
The Irony of Giving...If you wanted to give a dozen oranges to your neighbour as an expression of love, you obviously would need to be in possession of 12 oranges. Likewise, you can't give love away to others if you don't have any for yourself. You can't show respect for others if you lack self-respect. You can't give happiness if you feel unhappy.You can only give what you do have and all that you're giving away each & every day are items from your own personal inventory. If you give away hatred, its because you've stored up hatred inside of you to give away. If you give away misery, its because you have a ready supply available from which to select and distribute.
This concept is simplified by a description of squeezing an orange. When you squeeze an orange, you'll always get orange juice to come out. This is true regardless of who does the squeezing, what time of day you squeeze, what instrument you use to squeeze or what circumstances surround the orange-squeezing. What comes out is what's inside.
This concept is simplified by a description of squeezing an orange. When you squeeze an orange, you'll always get orange juice to come out. This is true regardless of who does the squeezing, what time of day you squeeze, what instrument you use to squeeze or what circumstances surround the orange-squeezing. What comes out is what's inside.
The same logic applies to you.When someone squeezes you, in some way puts pressure on you, or says something unflattering or critical; and out of you comes anger, hatred, bitterness, tension, depression or anxiety, its because *That Is What's Inside*. The irony is that you can't give away what you don't have because you're always giving what you do have.
Ask yourself... "What do I have inside?" and "Why have I chosen to store these kinds of energies in me to give to others?"
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