{"id":7712,"date":"2014-08-05T16:17:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T21:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/?p=7712"},"modified":"2014-08-11T18:31:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T23:31:38","slug":"whole-truth-giving-freely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/2014\/08\/05\/whole-truth-giving-freely\/","title":{"rendered":"The Whole Truth About Giving Freely"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"GiveEverything\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s always been something about the statement, “give freely, receive freely”<\/strong> that didn’t work for me, but I could never quite put my finger on it. The sentiment sounded so lovely, but I knew there was something I was missing. I needed to see beyond the freedom ideal, to the totality of the statement.<\/p>\n

Have you ever been given something that is more work to receive than the value you place on it?<\/em><\/p>\n

Have you ever been given something that came with conditions?<\/em><\/p>\n

If I give freely, without restraint, I will receive freely, without restraint. But is giving, and receiving, in this way what’s best for me?<\/p>\n

What I really need<\/em> is to NOT be totally free. What I really need<\/em> is to have some constraints. Because the truth is, sometimes, the thing I’m giving is something you’d benefit from NOT receiving<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, I’m unbalanced in my giving. Sometimes, I give for the wrong reasons. You do not need to receive everything that I want to give you, just as I don’t need to receive everything that you want to give me. Sometimes, you and I give for the wrong reasons<\/strong>, and it’s important to honour this truth about ourselves.<\/p>\n

I could leave myself open and free to receive whatever, and open and free to give it too, but I know that’s not what’s best for me. I could “give freely, receive freely” without bias, but then I wouldn’t be responsible to the whole truth of myself, and of you \u2014 that sometimes the things I want to give, you do not need; and sometimes the things you want for me to receive, I do not need. Sometimes, our giving isn’t helpful or generous.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So truly, giving freely does means receiving freely, and this includes exchanging all our “stuff” that would more responsibly be managed with more constraints, not less.<\/strong><\/p>\n

photo credit: Ari Moore<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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