You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. ~ Zig Ziglar
I just love when…Bertha…can’t directly get my attention…she starts sending me
messages in other ways…usually…multiple times…and so it was with the above quote…first I saw it on Facebook…and it reminded me of my friend who is always doing so much to help others…so I shared it on her page…but…evidently…it was meant for me as well…because it showed up the next morning in a blog that I subscribe to…
This one is a bit hard for me…not that I don’t enjoy helping other people…I love that…it’s just…when do I have the time to do what I need to do…if I’m spending it helping others…
Bertha…says…not to worry…Zig doesn’t say that I have to do it all…alone…take care of myself and everyone else…the implication…is that when I am giving to others…that things will flow back to me…either by someone else helping me…or…that they’ll just go easier…being in the right place at the right time kind of thing…
The trick is…to allow that help to come to me…that’s not easy for me…Mama says that at two I stomped my foot and said…NO! I’ll do it myself…and…I guess I haven’t changed that much over the years…somehow thinking that in doing it…myself…I was somehow proving I was a strong person…letting go of that stubborn independence…is tough for me…but…just for today…I’m going to try…
Jane
You rock my world Jane. I mean it! I am SO grateful for our friendship and in that friendship I gain not one, but two friends – you and the wise and wonderful Bertha. I will take this wisdom today and place it deep within my heart.
Kim (KD Emerson)
Kim…thank you so much for your kind words. Bertha appreciates your comment regarding her…she’s doing the happy dance as I type! You do so much for others…I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for you. Thank you!!!!!