If you are striving for happiness and success in your life and you still don't seem to get there, you have probably not discovered the most simple--but powerful--way to achieve fulfillment in your life.
The secret to true fulfillment for your life will not come from some external source, you will find it in yourself.
And I'm not talking about getting mystical, meditation or any other kind of spiritual journey.
I'm talking about your resources.
Your talents, your time and your money.
Let's face facts.
Most of our preparation for life teaches us how to use our resources to obtain something from the world that surrounds us.
We are taught to get a good education so we can get a good job to get some good money.
We are taught to develop our talents and skills so we can benefit from them.
We are taught social skills so we can receive recognition and acceptance from others.
The underlying message is: the bigger your efforts the more YOU get.
So, in our lifelong pursuit of happiness and success, we just try to develop more and more in these areas, hoping that some day we will experience the fulfillment we so deeply yearn for.
Until hopefully one day we wake up to the truth that our life's purpose is not about receiving at all.
It is about something much bigger than that.
It is about using your resources so others can benefit from them.
It is when you start giving from what you have that you will receive what you are so desperately searching for.
You might say, "Oh, so you are talking about charity?" Again, don't let your traditional education get in the way of receiving a life changing revelation today.
Giving is not supposed to be put in a box called "charity.
" Charity is fine, but giving is so much more than that, it is life itself.
It will work in all areas of our existence.
A successful businessman is he who knows the needs of his clients and meets them well.
If you are out there just trying to get money from people you won't get very far.
Any marketing expert can tell you that.
Likewise, successful relationships are born from giving love to others, not from trying to fill your own needs for affection.
But what about me, what about me, what about me? If you are so worried about your own needs and you haven't come very far with the traditional formulas for success, why not try to reverse your efforts? Instead of focusing on what you want to receive from others, why not start focusing on the needs around you? There is something magical about giving.
The more you give, the more you seem to get.
Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive.
Try it! It will always work, because it is a spiritual law.