Certain things we do just because they are the right thing to do.

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We help the people in our community just because it feels good.

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Maybe we comfort someone who is ill.

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Or lend a hand to someone who is struggling.

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These things we just do naturally.

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Without a thought of a reward or compensation.

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For we are doing them from a heart-centered place.

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Not that there aren't things we do for exchange.

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Such as a job or run a business or sell a product.

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Yet there are other sides of our life that do not require the same type of exchange.

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And people can feel it.

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They know when you are helping them to get something back or not.

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People can feel when we are truly being in service or just looking out for ourselves.

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What we don't often realize, is that by coming from a generous place we are actually investing ourselves.

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We are investing in the collective good of the people around us.

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Putting out energy into the world as fertilizer for creating a better place.

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And we may not realize it, but one day that investment will come back to us.

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Not in the way we expect.

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Not in a manner we may foresee.

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Yet when the day comes that we are in need, those we have helped will remember it.

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They will rally to our side and support us as we once supported them.

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Not out of obligation or payment.

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They do it because they have experienced the generosity of our heart.

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And that generosity inspires them.

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We may not even be the recipient of their generosity.

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Perhaps it is someone else in need who sees the benefit.

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And that is how we make the world a better place, one small step at a time.

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For when we do good for other without thought of our reward, we improve everyone's lives.

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And when the entire community is doing better, we thrive as well.

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So perhaps one day, long after we have forgotten what we have done for others, they will come to our aid.

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Just when we need it most.

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And that surprise will bring us tears of joy.

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So where have you given from a heart-centered place?

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How have you contributed to making the entire community better?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour