Tuesday,
October 16, 2012
Today's Gift
Today's Gift
History provides abundant examples of . . . women whose
greatest gift was in redeeming, inspiring, liberating, and nurturing the gifts
of others.—Sonya
Rudikoff
Part of our
calling as members of the human community is to unconditionally love and support
the people emotionally close to us. We have been drawn together for purposes
wonderful but seldom readily apparent. We need one another's gifts, compassion,
and inspiration in order to contribute our individual parts to the
whole.
Not only do we need to nurture and
to inspire others, but also our personal development, emotionally and
spiritually, demands that we honor ourselves in like fashion. Self-love, full
self-acceptance is necessary before we can give anything of lasting value to
someone else. Selflessly must we give to others if, indeed, our love and support
are meant to serve, and giving anything selflessly is evidence of healthy
self-love.
Selfless love liberates the
giver and the recipient. Giving selflessly reveals our personal contentment, and
it means we are free to nurture our own gifts.
It's good and right that I should encourage someone else
today. I will pay the same respect to myself, too.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations
for Women by Karen Casey©
Read more Daily Motivations at http://thework-in.blogspot.com/
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