Revalue our Gifts

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We have gifts to share with one another. Our gifts must be valued in some other way than monetarily. The gifts we have been blessed with are not ours to exchange for a set amount of cash. They are gifts from the Divine.

Gifts of the spirit, like healing energy, are to be shared with love, not sold for gold. If God has blessed you with a gift of the spirit, share it as He/She wills; you will be again blessed in kind. Take no credit for yourself; all is God and from God.

If I am a healer, I wish to heal all whether a person can afford to pay for my gift of healing or not. I trust that others with other gifts, perhaps those who I have helped, will help me in my needs.

Some can pay in shelter and food, others can pay in teaching, others in care of children, and others in protection of community – there are numerous ways to pay. We, as one large worldly tribe, have set values for these gifts. Yet they are not ours to value.

What of those who do not have the same level of abilities to give? What of those who are mentally ill and do not know how to share their gifts or to receive? What of those who cannot even care for themselves? They are the responsibility of the tribe. What if we not only provided minimally for them, but provided at the same level, or more, for them than we provide for ourselves and those close to us?

If we as an individual or part of a family have enough, then share what is excess. We tend to judge those who do not have enough as not just lacking, but lacking in moral character as if they are fully responsible for their situation because of sloth or some other weakness. What if we let go of judgment and just gave to someone in need?

We fear not having enough and we fear that another will have more. We fear that this other who has more or better is one who we helped and gave to. Once we have shelter and food, what more do we need? We fear that those in need have too much (or at least more than we have) – the welfare queen, those on the dole who have fancy TVs or cars – maybe even nicer than the ones we ourselves are able to have. So what if we gave and perchance the person we gave to has something better or has more than what we have – the giving itself gives us more.