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About Receiving and Giving
You know how they say that cats are selfish self-centered creatures that only know how to receive and not to give? Well, first of all - people who say that do not have cats and don’t know cats very well, so I don’t blame them. Poor souls. And secondarily - I found this beautiful piece about the importance of knowing how to receive love. So sit up and learn -
I’m a novice when it comes to receiving.
Giving has become my expertise.
But giving alone without getting
Becomes soon a fatal disease.
If the intake valve is not opened
There’s no way to maintain a supply.
There comes a point in the cycle of life
When the out-going stream runs dry.
Straining out love from a vacuum
Is like drinking from the heart of a stone.
Try as we may, at the end of the day,
We’re exhausted, frustrated, alone.
“Better to give than to receive” we are taught,
Yet another truth I’ve learned just by living:
Only the soul with the grace to receive,
Excels in the fine art of giving.
(The Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.)
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