To Give or Not to Give

Simple concept.  If you aren’t giving from a surplus, it’s not giving.  It’s sacrificing.  A sacrifice has a very different energy.  It’s tight, constricted, and anxious.  It may be done in love, but it’s sacrifice just the same.   For women in relationships of any sort, the concepts around gifts vs. sacrifice can be muddy at best.  We want to share and freely give with those we love.   When we are not full up ourselves, our lovers, our children, our friends who are the objects or our affection, feel the strain of our attention.  There is an energy in our “giving” that feels strained and flat. We’ve all been there, tired, depleted, and hungry for something.   It’s desperate and lonely.  Sometimes driven by that very desperation and...