Wanting More

This is an issue that can still plague us in recovery. How many times do you want more love, affection, attention, and understanding from your partner? What about more respect, appreciation from the kids? Or more appreciation, respect, money from employers? A fair shake or bigger piece of the pie from Life? A smaller plate from God. The list can go on. However it is this constant desire for more that keeps us from happiness. Now don’t get me wrong here, this drive for a better life also drives us to be better strive harder ETC... I am not suggesting that you should just give up. My point is rather on how we look at it. Happiness is first off not found from things. This being said and acknowledged the second part to this is learning to be happy with and appreciative with what you have rather than focusing on what you do not have. This will bring greater happiness. I know now you’re sitting there saying “yea sure, easier said than done.” You are right it is easier said than done. Even harder is maintaining this thought pattern.
However my true point of all of this is in the way we go about it. Now you’re probably wondering what in the heck I mean by that. Well let me explain, you have to shift your perception, or more precisely your way of thinking. We have all heard that “it is in giving that one truly receives.” This is the absolute truth, when you are focused on giving, you get >. Let me elaborate a little here, if I concentrate on “giving my love and devotion to my partner, and my children and my work, then the love in me just grows and I am in the middle of the flow of love. You see love, abundance, everything is an energy and when I stop giving this energy in my. It is like a river, when you damn it and stop the flow it begins to back up and stagnate when there is no flow I fell less of the energy. If I continue to give it continues to flow. Thus I feel the constant of the energy. However if I am just giving for the purpose of receiving then I am not really giving thus no returns. Because I have expectations or demands on what I give. When I give freely. It all comes back It is in giving that we truly do receive. However what we receive is fulfillment, joy love, grace, peace, serenity. Once again there are parables about this as well “do not cast your pearls among swine” You have to you the brain Your God gave you and most of all you must trust the Guidance of Your higher power. On how and when to Give and serve.
Remember God does not create garbage