You give and forget – and on the other side – you never forget the gift.

WARNING:

Law of Attraction post ahead.

Go ahead and roll your eyes and change the screen on your computer if you have to, but this has to be put into print and out of my mind so I can concentrate on the Crossfit workout I am currently avoiding.

Most people celebrate the month of Thanksgiving by posting, sharing or texting 30 days of thanks and I try to do that every day of my life, so I really don’t directly participate. But, what I do intentionally celebrate is the month of December with 31 days of giving. Most of the time it’s pretty small – in my eyes. For convenience, I usually buy the person’s meal or drink behind me wherever I go. And the kids and I like to go eat breakfast at one little restaurant by our house where they get to pick a table each, so we can buy those people’s meals as a small token of our own blessings – paying it forward.

Not just because the Law of Attraction is written so, I actually firmly believe that the more you give, the more you receive. And I also firmly believe, that you can’t truly give a person a small token of your own blessings with reciprocal intent in your thoughts.

You give and forget – and on the other side – you never forget the gift.

I was raised poor. I was raised by a single mom with 3 siblings that struggled to do the best she could. No parent is perfect, but I learned how to be the strong independent woman I am now from my mother. I have a close family. We argue and fight and can’t stand each other sometimes, but when the walls come down, there’s no greater force of love you will ever conquer. My mom was a giver. We didn’t have much, but she would share with those that needed it and she often went broke just trying to cover her “tithing”.  I think this is why even though there were so many rough times; they were always followed by the most wonderful times.

We didn’t always have money, food, water, electricity or a telephone, but my childhood was never lacking. We always had a roof over our head - A mother that loved us with every beat of her nerve-wrecked heart - Grandparents who adored us (most of the time) ;-) – summer family vacations – massive holiday gatherings – sleepovers - and ongoing various competitive sporting events.

We didn’t have a lot of material things, but the greatest gift we had was life. We had so much life during those hard times and my family has so much love, that looking back you forget the hard times as grudges and move them to healthier lessons learned. ( I really do love my family...sigh*)

We are all introduced to the Law of Attraction at birth. We learn to recognize it and if you are like me, who recognized it later on in life, you can look back and see it has always been there.

I don’t give each day this December hoping I get more in return. I give for the mental images of surprising looks of happiness, smiling wide across their faces.

And that makes my heart full of joy - knowing my small gesture of giving – put it there.

May you be filled with joy and blessed by the Law of Attraction by practicing random acts of kindness for all the days of your life.