A SUCCESS SECRET

A key for successful living may be stated in a simple short sentence.  But like any great wisdom, it’s fairly useless unless we regularly apply it. For those of you who are doers, here’s the simple secret:

FOCUS MORE ON GIVING INSTEAD OF GETTING.

Many people don’t seem to realize that life is a transactional process - the more good we give, the more good we get.

This works in various ways. By giving  positive acknowledgment, caring attention, emotional support and affection, we get solid friendships; by giving our best to our work, we get professional satisfaction and advancement.

However, if we try to get a lot while giving only a minimum, we may find that we end up only cheating ourselves. Just think: are you willing to be friends with those who want lots from you and give little back? Would you hire or promote someone who wants a big paycheck and gives little to the job and company success?  I think not!

Also, giving is not true giving if done with an ulterior motive. So it’s important to give freely with no expectations. Trust in the law of energy flow and exchange - what we truly give is what we get.

Also important is to give to oneself. How good a life can we build if we don’t give to ourselves by conserving, saving, investing and developing ourselves? 

In the end, all giving is a gift to oneself.  So give more and have a fuller and more successful life.

Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.

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UNREASONABLE JOY

As infants we spontaneously kicked our legs, wiggled our toes and squealed joyfully.  But as we get older we seem to express this great feeling of being alive less and less. Sure, we may have good times but we may not allow ourselves to feel joy as often and fully as we might; aging seems to stunt our happiness potential. 

Perhaps we become afraid to spontaneously feel joy or begin to think that you’re not entitled to feel so good without a specific reason.  If you've become captured by such ideas, my suggestion is not to let them stand in your way.  Allow yourself the freedom to experience joy, unconditionally – for no reason at all.

What’s at stake is your full aliveness.  At core we’re beings with great loving and joyous capacities that need regular expression.  If we don’t express the full depth of ourselves, the experience of living can become very dry. We may feel a constant hunger for something which never comes, because we’re seeking something outside ourselves when it’s experiencing our own soul that we’re in need of.  And love and joy are two powerful ways in which we may experience our deepest soul-self.

To experience more joy, we don’t have to undergo years of psychotherapy or have a near-death experience.  We can do it right now - for no reason at all! Simply take a deep breath, and then as you exhale throw up your arms and jump toward the sky and squeal with total abandon. Any child feels free enough to do this, and so we should too; there’s no age limit for experiencing one’s joyful spirit.

If others are around and it seems inappropriate, you may still do it secretly in your mind’s eye – visualize yourself jumping for joy through a sunshiny meadow.  The effect will be the same.   

Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.

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