May 16, 2022
Live to Give the Best of You
My child, your thoughts create your reality because your thoughts determine how you respond to situations in your everyday life. What you think about – you bring about! This secret, ‘your thoughts create your reality’ places many laws into action in your life. Like attracts like. What you’ve attracted to yourself is what you have to give away to others. We understand that thoughts are like a form of energy. Low energy thoughts such as anger, shame, guilt, fear, and hate, not only weaken you but attract more of the same. If you run into anger a lot, ask yourself about the angry thoughts you have inside you. Deal with the anger and let it go! You do not want to hold on to anger because of the impact it has on your relationships, health, and finances. Whoever hurt you or angered you forgive them and let it go for you!
This moves to another law, the law of sowing and reaping. The great challenge to this law is that “you can’t give away something you don’t have.” If you wanted to give flowers to your friend as an expression of love, you obviously would need to be in possession of flowers. 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 only give away what you do have and all that you’re giving away every day are items from your own personal inventory. If you give away misery, it’s because you have a ready supply available from which to select.
My Dad was a farmer, he taught me the law of sowing and reaping by being a role model. He never talked about it, he lived it out in his everyday life. After his visitation and funeral, I left weeping from the legacy that had been left behind for me to embrace. Several people I had never met, came to me and said, ‘we are going to miss Oliver.’ Your dad brought a truckload of fruits, vegetables, and a bouquet of flowers every year to our family.’ Every year my Dad always had a huge crop of everything: potatoes, tomatoes, okra, squash, corn, peppers, onions, cucumbers, peas, green beans, blackberries, watermelon, and cantaloupe. He also had a beautiful flower garden.
I realized at his death, that he:
1. sowed some
2. he sold some,
3. he kept some to live on (canning and freezing)
4. he kept some for seed.
He modeled this – he never once told our family what he was doing. When he gave away fruits and vegetables, he always gave a bouquet of flowers. Every time I went to see my parents in spring, summer, or fall that my dad would load my car up with vegetables and fruits and send me on my way with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. One of the greatest loves I have today is giving. This gift of giving came down through the bloodline. I live to give the best I have to offer others! I know today that God has deposited much in me and He has deposited much in you. There are gifts we both have that must be imparted to others, lest we take them to our grave. I desire to be spent when I exit this world, with nothing left in me. How about you?
