The Cookie Jar Is Empty
A person can only give out what they have. If there is nothing there, there is nothing left to give until something is given back. Just like an analogy of a cookie jar. Everyone wants a cookie and will take, take and take until they are satisfied and have their fill. How many though put cookies back in the cookie jar so there are more cookies for other people?
We live in a world where people just do not care about other people. It is few and far between that you see someone helping someone wanting nothing in return. From my experience, most of the time there is a motive. Even the people who think they give for a good cause still want the satisfaction or good feeling from helping others. Is not that still a selfish motive? What happened to giving out of a cheerful heart wanting nothing back for the effort given, just giving because someone is in need and leaving it at that.
I look ahead at the future in bewilderment and am saddened by how selfish our nature is becoming and the outcome that will happen because of our inane and narrow-minded decisions. Decisions that make the elder generations look at us and nod their head in disappointment.
It is not all hopeless though because there will always be those who stand up for what is right and give themselves to be poured out without a cause. There are people who somehow have instilled in their hearts to keep giving and keep going even in dark times.
It is understandable that people are trying to survive and close off others in order to do so, but don’t be so closed off that you become numb to humanity. Don’t become like a robot with a set of directions to go to the top and crush everyone in your path. Listen to your heart that beats with clarity. No, not the physical heart, but the pure essence that makes up you without all of the negative outlaying layers.
Recently there was a post on LinkedIn with Keanu Reeves taking a photo of himself with people in the background wondering to and from. He talked about how people have tunnel vision and did not even notice him as a celebrity standing in the midst of them. You could say this was conceited of him, but from my perspective, he gets it. He captioned a moment that demonstrated how people have an agenda and stick to it without leaving room or time to just be in the flow. Living in the flow is what brings out the most cherishing attributes of humanity. When you live in a structure that holds your emotions at bay, you live out of the flow.
Like your heart holding kindness, a jar can only hold so many cookies until it is empty. Find a method in your life where you can refill that cookie jar so it does not go empty. Always be on the give instead of the take. I am a firm believer that you reap what you sow. Give because you want to and without wanting something in return and see it given back in some way, and you know what, it just be a jar of cookies.
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Stephen C. Willis is the founder of MeMakeMistake — fix any mistake and send all types of digital greetings (launching Summer 2016).
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