You get what you give

Awe the old saying.... "You give what you get and you get what you give"

Today let's ask ourselves what do we give?  What do you put out into the world everyday?  I know, these are tough questions.  To find the answers ask yourself what do you get from the world around you?  If you live in a constant state of frustration, nothing ever goes your way, it's a cruel, cruel world mindset then maybe that's what you are giving to the world around you.

Think about the person who everyone wants to be around. Are they a negative person that is always putting other people down?  Do they complain about everything? Do they have one life drama after another?  Chances are the answer is NO. 

If you want compassion, you must give compassion. If you want joy, you must be the ray of light.  If you want happiness you must go into each day with a cheerful attitude and if you want love you must give love. 

So why do so many of us go through day to day life with a chip on our shoulder?  I think it is fear based.  We are afraid to believe that life is great.  We are afraid of putting ourselves out there only to get hurt.  We are afraid of getting used.  We need to put these fears aside. 

When you go into the world with a positive, compassionate, joyful, giving, loving attitude you will get this in return.  Just think about this for a minute, when someone smiles at you, you smile back.  It's the natural reaction.  Why wait for someone to smile at you?  Why can't you be the one to smile first?  The same goes for everything else.  There are opportunities to help people everyday.  The lady in line ahead of you at the grocery store that just dropped some change, pick it up.  Give a stranger a compliment, look people in the eye and smile.  Give your friends encouragement when they are down instead of adding to the negative comments they are making.  Find something nice to say about a person that everyone else is talking bad about...

Sure there are people that just refuse to smile back but that's ok.  Once you move into this higher level of thinking you will be able to quickly spot them, pause and smile at them, then continue gliding through life. 

When you walk in a room, do you light up the room?  Do people want to talk to you? Do their eyes light up when they see you?  When you are out and about do people look you in the eye and smile and want to engage you in conversation? If not, ask yourself: Why?

I challenge you to go out into the world and give compassion, peace, joy and love then see what you get in return. 

p.s.  Don't focus on the getting, focus on the giving....