Want to Have More? Give More

Who here doesn’t want to have more, and get more out of life? Well, let’s explore how abundance is actually deeply connected to generosity and giving. For some, an experience of poverty may actually stem from a lack of giving or sharing of our gifts and talents in a manner that can benefit others. For the sake of clarity, the term “beneficial” will be used to denote something that contributes in a positive, healthy way to growth, development, and life. For others, a sense of lack may actually stem from a failure to appreciate and recognize the natural abundance around them, and the potential within them. Let’s explore these perspectives, using examples.

Mary, our first example, is a young woman in her early 20s who found a way to share her passion and talent with dogs, and turn it into a lucrative side business. Mary’s childhood was marked by financial instability, and her family moved from place to place, in different urban areas on the West Coast of the US, when she was young. However, Mary had a knack for academics, and was spotted as a top student during her school years. She was given an opportunity to participate in a special volunteer program at an animal shelter, where she found she had a special love and talent for animal care. Eventually after graduation, while in college, she continued to work part time helping dogs. Finally, she was able to gain her own clientele, and began a full fledged petcare business, good financial compensation. Mary was able to complete the cycle for increase: self development, sharing of the gift, and finding others to receive.

The lesson to be gleaned...finding your path of greatest flow is about finding your inclinations, gifting, and passion and sharing from that space. Receiving fulfillment, money, and more is about giving--giving away something of value from yourself. When you fail to find a way to develop and give the gifts from within yourself, you rob yourself of much of the enrichment and good that could come to you.

Finally, feeling abundant involves appreciating and recognizing what you already have. It could be friends, family, health, love, or money. Part of abundance includes a sense of fulfillment, a life of passion, happiness, and having a connection to all the resources we need to create the life we want. A person feels “poor” when they are unable to recognize the value of who they are, what they have to offer, and how to connect to resources and people perhaps. This is not to imply that the person experiencing poverty is completely at fault, or that they can provide the solutions completely by themselves. Some people in the world won’t be able to experience their abundance until others in the world reach out to help. It is necessary that we all work together as a whole to be more generous if we are to eradicate the sense of lack.

For instance, Cory is a 26 year old young man, dissatisfied and unhappy with his life. He suffers from a mental disorder that has kept him from participating freely in many activities. He does not have friends, nor does he engage in the hobbies he used to have in the past. He is unable to experience his full value, and what he has to offer the world, and that in itself can lead to depression. With encouragement, therapy, and healing, he can begin to enjoy his gifting again for playing the keyboard, and juggling, and sports. Giving of more personal time and energy to share and enjoy his hobbies and gifts with others would help this young man experience more abundance of happiness, and fulfillment in life. And yes–more financial wealth!

The gist of the matter is you must find yourself and what you have to offer so that you can give generously, and in as many forms as possible. The more love you share from the Divine element within you, the more abundance you will experience in all areas of your life. This includes giving of your time, services, smile, products, and affection. You will find yourself all the richer!