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A New Perception

After years of thinking of ourselves financially in a certain way, (we were two teachers raising seven children in a combined family), I got curious over what we had spent on our children’s education.

I was astounded at the figures that emerged. For one child, we spent over $20,000.

The total for two other children combined was  $22,000.

In addition to their education, we were paying a mortgage to buy land for a summer camp.

I began to think of us as more substantial financially than I had before.

Our land became a retirement retreat for us, and later got us to Europe, where we retired permanently.

I gained more respect for us.

It is astounding how the perceptions around us can shape our perception of ourselves.

We were always working to expand our income.

In some of my spiritual study, I was led to consider how to expand my service, my “outgo”.

This has resulted in obeying the directive I received when I began trying to fix my life.

I was directed to GIVE MORE, (written in double high lines of all capital letters).

Then I was supplied with something to give, inspirational writing and drawing over a number of years, and which continues to this day.

This became the basis for my healing of childhood trauma.

Our life is more than we think.

It goes far beyond a certain dimensional view.

Through the demands placed on us, we learn to “give more”.

It is like athletic training.  It adds up until the athlete becomes an “overnight success”.

Instead of scraping by, we actually have a reservoir of service which continues to sustain us.

It is what we develop by being willing to give more.

It takes us beyond what we think we can do. 

It builds a foundation for success and abundance.  

Who knew?

© 2023 Kathryn Hardage

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