The intention behind every action and interaction will fall into one of two categories – giving or taking. Some give because they expect to get something in return, which means they are taking when they are giving. Others take because they want to be able to give more or give better. They are already giving. And a few give everything they have either because they need to be seen as a giver, which means they are still taking, or because they respond to a call to give to others for no reason other than it is the natural thing to do.
In a rampantly material world where the vast majority of us are conditioned to want, take and keep, those who are genuinely generous and authentically kind appear are treasured individuals. However, it seems that more of us are hearing the call to give, to be more benevolent, to make a contribution to something bigger than our self. John F Kennedy called it, “… a care beyond the self”.
Unfortunately when many do hear that call, either from their own conscience or their spirit moves them to reverse the process of taking to giving, they are unsure where to start. Others find the habit of taking so strongly rooted in their personality they find it hard to change the direction of their energy despite their good intentions. A few do get started but find the pressure from peer group or society itself to remain ‘on the take’ so great that they discover themselves resorting to old patterns of thinking and acting, driven by the old voice their head which says, “Get what you can whenever you can”.
"..you are now completely under my spell !.."
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