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| image: Iraj Jahanshahi |
When we receive something we cherish – a relationship, a position, a gift – we immediately become attached to it and almost unconsciously begin to act in a way so as to secure its continued presence in our lives. We forget that we are not the ones who designed either the treasure – whatever and whoever it is – or its arrival into our lives. We begin to claim it as our own as if we had initiated, produced and brought it into existence. We fear its loss. The more we value it, the more time and energy we spend striving to keep it in our hands. In truth, the best things in our lives are here not because of our ingenuity – if we have played a part in receiving them, it has been minuscule. The treasures of our lives and we ourselves are products and recipients of a most astonishing and staggering Genius and Generosity. If we truly realized that every valuable thing, person, or condition in our lives is a result of Divine Beneficence, we would be both grateful and trusting. We would feel secure. Because we would know that the One who has granted us this, can grant us more of the same, or better. We don't have to scheme or worry to secure anything for ourselves. We are taken care of. We always have been. We always will be. image: with thanks via Iraj Jahanshahi
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