To say yes to a gift
Gifts can be transactional, come with strings, or simply be offered in purity.
When we offer a gift with our whole heart and it is accepted, there is a sacred transfer that speaks to honour, respect and gratitude.
To say yes to a gift is a choice. The responsibility of that choice is woven with respect and gratitude for the gift.
People offer gifts all of the time. A smile. A kind word. A helping hand. Or something more substantial.
To accept a gift and abuse it, squander it, discount it, or discard it, is to be complicit in the violation of the offering.
Better to say no. There is more honesty in no than in a yes that is careless and selfish.
Most of us have the experience of offering the gift of our work, our heart, our love and attention, to have it abused, disrespected, ignored and exploited.
Syntropic World has woven into its Pattern Integrity a different way of being in exchange, be that an exchange of gifts, work, or attention. One element is zero exploitation. The other is a deep and abiding respect for each other, to treat each other in the way we desire to be treated. To be reverent. To be seen for our work in its wholeness.
Often this is simple to enact. Thoughtfulness. Gratitude. Advance notice of a missed commitment. Humility. Sincere apology. Being our word. Taking responsibility for what we say yes to.
If we want a more beautiful world we need to be the change we seek.
Photo Taken June 27th 2023
