The man in the above photo in the blue jeans couldn’t give a thing to his friend the squirrel, no matter how needy his friend was. As you can see, he has nothing to give. His pockets are empty! The tokens are worthless!
Likewise, one person can not give love to another if they do not have love in themselves! The person’s heart is empty of love.
Remember, you are what you think. If you think and believe that you are lacking in anything, you are lacking. Believing and knowing are two entirely different things. Your perspective is everything. Your perspective is your reality.
Your beliefs were taught to you by others. These others began teaching the instant that you were born into this Earthly Experience. If you could remember that far back, you would remember being smacked on the bottom.
This whack was a good thing at birth because it started you breathing. But, you also need someone to teach you that striking someone else is not the proper way to get attention.
This strike was not to get attention. It was meant to start the process of life in the Human Experience.
Of course, for most people, this response is amended as more is learned about getting someone’s attention. Then, the lessons just keep on coming with every new person who meets you.
You learn how to eat so that what you put into your mouth reaches your stomach, not your clothing. And the lessons continue for the remainder of this human experience. These things you will believe because they were taught to you by parents and others who had influence on you.
Now, we introduce knowing. My grandpa used to say “It is so real that I can feel it in my bones!” He probably failed to see the deep truth he was speaking because “Feeling it in my bones” is one of God’s ways of communicating with us all.
Your Higher Power does not communicate with you by carrying on a verbal conversation. It “speaks” through feelings, emotions, intuitions, and “gut reactions.” And, of course, “Feeling it in your bones!”
When you talk with your Higher Power, you call it prayer. You speak your words to explain what it is that you wish to convey. Then you get a response from your Higher Power, who I now call God, by way of your “feeling it in your bones.”
Your knowing it is simply your instincts kicking in making you jump back when an unexpected vehicle approaches too closely. Or ducking when approaching a low-hanging branch in the woods, or you are shouting a warning when someone is about to step into danger.
Your knowing or your reactions are not due to your five senses. They come from within or, as Jesus called it, The Secret Place. Your heart. Your soul. Your “Higher Self.”
These deep feelings or knowing come, not from what you learned in school, but from what you are now utilizing from your Higher Power. For this, your knowing comes from experiencing, not just believing.
As a spiritual being, you are an individualized expression of God and one with all that exists, hence you have an “insurance policy” that you carry around in the pocket of your heart and soul that covers all of life.
Returning to the topic, there is no way that you can give anything away if you do not have it to give. This covers everything from bubble gum to love. If you do not have it yourself, how can you possibly give it away?
If you do not have love in yourself, it is impossible for you to give love to anyone else.
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Fortunately for you, there is an answer. “OK, tell me how I can give love if I am having problems with myself. I want to know and I want to know RIGHT NOW!”
The answer is very simple, but not always easy. First, get rid of the demanding attitude. It clouds your entire personality when you are in need and demand an answer RIGHT NOW!
A demanding attitude leads to a win-lose situation. When it comes to becoming a loving person, you will do much better if you use win-win solutions. That shows love and gets love in return, more often than not.
And since God is Love and as a spiritual being you are an individualized expression of God, this is the ultimate win-win. You are Love, thus you can give love to anyone.
Thank you, God!
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