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Old 01-27-2014, 01:25 AM   #1
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Default What do I need that I can give to another person today?

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Monday, January 27, 2014

You are reading from the book Today's Gift

When men are rightfully occupied, then their amusement grows out of their work as the color petals out of a fruitful garden.
—John Ruskin

What do we need most in order to be happy? Certainly we all need to be loved. Yet we need even more than that. The spirit also wishes to be needed. When we are needed, no matter what age we are, we serve a purpose for others. When we are needed, we will be loved, as well as respected, imitated, and rewarded with gratitude. Our needs are not great empty pits to be filled any way we can. They are the couplings by which we connect to those we love. Our needs also tell us what others want, and how to enrich their lives--which also enriches ours. How do we become needed? We have only to look at our own needs and give what we need to others--love, respect, kindness, and generosity. When we realize we are needed, we realize we also need others.

What do I need that I can give to another person today?
What can I do is lend an ear, be a shoulder to cry on, give a hug to show I care, share my experience, strength, and hope, and be a sounding board, which allows the other person to talk and me listening.
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