It's been quite a day so far... and interestingly, quite a few weeks.  I know I've been mostly absent from my blog the past few weeks, but when I get focused on giving, there sometimes isn't enough time to give to this too!

An article forwarded to me by a trusted colleague made the point that if all you do when communicating is talk about what you want to 'get', you somehow (not so mysteriously to me) end up getting nothing, and may find yourself only 'wanting'. I define 'wanting' as believing you do not possess that which you either desire, require or crave.  What do you think about that definition.  Here's a realworld example of how the definition, and some corralaries play out:  I post a lot of entries to Twitter, all of which are focused on patience, giving, spirituality and, yes, believe it or not, advertising.  I have several thousand people following me on Twitter, and I think I know why.

I don't ask for anything from anyone.  As a matter of fact, I give without a single thought of receiving because in my view of the world, giving IS receiving.  They are one in the same.  I use Twitter as a platform to simply reach out to a lot of people at once with my point of view as a human being... not a salesman.  The reason I don't ask for anything is that my giving is really an act of receiving; therefore I'm not 'wanting' for anything.  There isn't anything that this life can bring me that I don't already have. 

Okay, that's a line... there are a very few number of things, from time to time, I do desire or even crave... but I've gotten over the hurdle of 'need'.  Everything I 'require' I have... so that feeling of 'wanting' is actually vacant.

And thank goodness; there was a time in my life where I believed life had passed me by... even though I was wealthy in all kinds of ways, I was so tunnel-visioned I couldn't see the gifts right in front of me.

Today, and for the past several years, I've had the wonderful fortune of realizing that I have everything I need, and those things that I 'want' really are just not that important... they are simply things I desire.  I told my best of friends yesterday that I wouldn't ever demand the things I want; I will ask for them... and if I don't receive them, then that's okay.

The mantra here: Desire it all, require none of it, be satisfied with what shows up.  And give for the sake of giving... not with the expectation of someone giving back.  The Universe sees the true motivation behind this kind of giving, and constricts the flow such that giving to get, results in giving and not getting at all.  And that'll leave you wanting.

So I encourage you to just give, and let what will be, be.

-Peter