receiving

The vision is of a little boy, living in a cabin with his family, delighted by the rough sled that his father made for him. What a sweet child! And then the opposite side of the spectrum is the little boy living in a mansion with his family, dissatisfied and angered by the gigantic train set his parents bought him. What a spoiled brat!

What is your treasure really? Energy. When you give money to someone, especially with good will, doesn’t your attention focus on them a bit, and don’t you give them some of your energy? You are giving money, certainly, but it’s not the money that is the true gift, it’s the energy.