Wisdoms from the Journey - Vol V (May to Dec 2012)

Reaping to sow …
(08/07/2012)
“Whatever God’s dream of man may be,
it cannot come true unless man cooperates.” ~ Stella Mann
Traditionally witnessed, the scene pictured below would have us think that
the woman has encountered wealth; that she, like the rest of us, has awoken to the
Truth that she is surrounded with an abundance of riches.
Fair enough … Such abundance does indeed fill all our days. Some of us
might live in circumstances where it is a bit more difficult to see than others, and
yet wealth surrounds us all nonetheless. We all have more than enough blessings
in our lives to be deeply and profoundly grateful every day. That is something
worth remembering, to be sure …
And yet there is a deeper Truth being shown here as well … This woman
might also very well have tapped into real Wealth — the Wealth that knows that
the riches of sustenance and pleasure (and beauty and fun and money and influence
and friendship and comfort) become infinitely more potent when we not only collect
them, but when we then choose to use them to lighten the burdens of others.
You see, true Abundance is not sowing appreciation to God in order to reap
Peace for ourselves, nor is it sowing “friendliness” to those around us in order to
reap our own “happiness” in return …
No, my Friends -- true
Abundance is nothing more than
reaping your own life’s Joys &
Wonders …
… in order to sow them
back into the garden of another.
“If you don’t see God
in the next person you meet,
there’s no use looking any
further.” ~ M. Gandhi
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