I give when I am led to -- and I feel like it is a spiritual thing.... there will ALWAYS be people who have more or less than me and if I keep the mind set that there is always someone who has less -- it seems I will always be in the mindset that I can keep or have nothing --- and if I keep myself in the *everyone has more*, than I keep myself in an ungrateful mindset. That is why I love the "there is enough to go around for everyone" mindset.
To me, it is not an admittence that no one has needs that I can help meet, it is more the affirmation that if I am not able (or willing) to help someone in a certain situation, that I am holding faith that their needs will be met by someone else -- or ideally, by themself.
I do give, but only when our needs are met and when I feel led to. I want my giving to be joyous, and unconditional, and done with the purest of intentions --- not one where I feel "well, they do have less than me, so I SHOULD really give..." or "damn, I gave to _____ so now I can't get ___ for my family" ....
Also, it brings me great joy to give in ways that aren't financial per se -- so that is partially where I find my balance, as right now we are not in our ideal financial position (but we will be!!! I am manifesting it!!!)
On another note, we are really feeling led to travel --- to go on the road, to store the stuff we want to keep (bigger items we don't want to get rid of), get rid of the rest, and get an airstream or something similar, and just spend the next *however long we feel good* on the road.
I dunno, every time my husband and I talk about it we get all kinds of giddy and excited and talk about it and make plans and think of things we would do, places we would see, what we would bring, how it would enhance our lives and our daughter's life etc...
We are still manifesting our children's CD, and a few other things, but it seems this idea of going on the road is what is making us the most giddy and happy and excited....
....it puts me in mind of in The Secret about wrapping your hands around the steering wheel of your new car where they say you almost don't need the car because you feel it so intensely even in visualization...
... I am realizing more and more that it is not so much the aquiring of the dream that matters (though that is icing on the cake isn't it!!) but the permission we give ourselves to even HAVE the dream in the first place, to see it, to feel it, to think about it, feel about it, talk about it -- to me the freedom of giving wings to my dreams feels just as good, if not better than when my dreams fly.
Thinking of you all and feeling the love,
Tara
To me, it is not an admittence that no one has needs that I can help meet, it is more the affirmation that if I am not able (or willing) to help someone in a certain situation, that I am holding faith that their needs will be met by someone else -- or ideally, by themself.
I do give, but only when our needs are met and when I feel led to. I want my giving to be joyous, and unconditional, and done with the purest of intentions --- not one where I feel "well, they do have less than me, so I SHOULD really give..." or "damn, I gave to _____ so now I can't get ___ for my family" ....
Also, it brings me great joy to give in ways that aren't financial per se -- so that is partially where I find my balance, as right now we are not in our ideal financial position (but we will be!!! I am manifesting it!!!)
On another note, we are really feeling led to travel --- to go on the road, to store the stuff we want to keep (bigger items we don't want to get rid of), get rid of the rest, and get an airstream or something similar, and just spend the next *however long we feel good* on the road.
I dunno, every time my husband and I talk about it we get all kinds of giddy and excited and talk about it and make plans and think of things we would do, places we would see, what we would bring, how it would enhance our lives and our daughter's life etc...
We are still manifesting our children's CD, and a few other things, but it seems this idea of going on the road is what is making us the most giddy and happy and excited....
....it puts me in mind of in The Secret about wrapping your hands around the steering wheel of your new car where they say you almost don't need the car because you feel it so intensely even in visualization...
... I am realizing more and more that it is not so much the aquiring of the dream that matters (though that is icing on the cake isn't it!!) but the permission we give ourselves to even HAVE the dream in the first place, to see it, to feel it, to think about it, feel about it, talk about it -- to me the freedom of giving wings to my dreams feels just as good, if not better than when my dreams fly.
Thinking of you all and feeling the love,
Tara
: It was really cool knowing that I could do it, and even better knowing that I could change my mind! 
, I am enjoying your wisdom. I believe that there is plenty to share and that sharing and receiving both feel wonderful. 
(Of course, I had to unlearn the "strings attached" to receiving "gifts" as a child. And I choose to ignore the "independence agenda" of our Western culture. I recognize an interdependence of people and the Universe instead.). I can't think of much that feels better than helping someone who desires it. And I am grateful when someone desires to help me and I desire it. Win-win.
It makes me think about feelings like contagion, how we spread them around (does this have anything to do with my 2nd flu in as many months? 
Recently I found the *perfect* apartment for us - only to have it be rented before we even got a chance to fill out an application. It's frustrating. But then I realize that it's the finger-tapping itself that's inhibiting my ability to manifest these things. I keep repeating "in just the PERFECT time, in ways that delight and amaze me". That way I can not worry about the timing and just let things present themselves. I always realize that if I am actively searching for the solution - trolling craigslist for hours, for instance 
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