STOP. before you go any further, consider sharing this post, a specific quote or this newsletter, more generally with a special someone, a group or with your entire social media following.
i’ve been thinking a lot about sharing/giving lately this week, one of my morning pages found me dedicated to discussing it with myself. i let my thoughts on the subject spill out onto the paper.
i thought about how i was sharing my thoughts and how the pen i was writing with was actually given to me by a doctor i visited months ago after i shared the fact i loved how it wrote and the journal i’m currently writing my thoughts in was given to me as a gift from a past lover.
this led me on a path of thinking of all the ways we share/give and how we exist in a space of give/take/give and it’s all necessary for the living.
i looked at my plants and remember that we are in a cycle of give/take, the whole carbon dioxide/oxygen rigmarole (you know it, i don’t need to explain it)
the birds share their songs with me everyday, animals and plants have given their lives so i may eat.
and here i am writing this and i’m sharing with you my thoughts, giving of myself
i found myself giving of my time to a few people to review documents, draft letters and even hold space for them. i have a weekly call with a friend and we share our lives with each other even though we are physically apart.
i was on a call with someone and they said “look at the sunset” and shared their view with me which led me to go outside and i give thanks for the sky for arranging itself in that way and giving that delightful experience with me.
another friend of mine from across the waters in sharing as we were catching up told me of the joy she received from giving & receiving all week long.
i think about how this concept of a bed is because someone somewhere decided there was another way to sleep and they shared that idea with someone.
nature shares with us in a myriad of ways, and i know that the wood used for my bed frame didn’t verbally consent to its use but still, there has been a process of giving that has occurred and while i take and benefit from this, i can express gratitude for all the parts of this.
i started writing this earlier but as i am reflecting i feel so compelled to share with you. i love this act of giving/sharing. of recognizing what i am experiencing.
all of this musing i’m doing is wrapped up in gratitude and truly, that is my practice and that is my anchor. when i think of all the sharing/giving that surrounds me/us my cup overflows with gratitude.
can you think of experiences of sharing/giving that fill you with gratitude?
as you head into a new week, i want to charge you to think of all the ways you’ve been shared with - by humans and non-humans. the sharing/the giving is everywhere, all around us.
before i go, i want to give you the gift of reading something that was shared with me yesterday about giving. enjoy xx
p.s. just as i was wrapping up this post, someone shared a playlist with me. i love it here.
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts and giving us this newsletter! It was an insightful read. <3
This reminds me so much of what I've been thinking about all of this year which is how we build and sustain community - and so much of that is built in our giving and taking from each other. One should never be done without the other. Thank you so much for your words, my darling. As always, they are a soft place to land.