Give with Balance

April 8, 2017 by JoAnna 13 Comments

“Give until it hurts,” is not my idea of healthy.  Giving is good, but not to the point of exhaustion, unless you get to rest a lot and recharge your batteries before you have to give again. I think I got burned out on giving during various times of my life. I would sometimes give in too often.

Never give up on your dreams, but if you want to change your dreams, that’s okay. It’s okay to give up something that isn’t good for you. I should speak for myself. I have given up on people who were not good for me. I’ve also hung in there with challenging people. There are people, like my children, who I will never give up on. There are people who I will also love from a distance. And pray for from a distance. Letting Go sounds better than giving up. Letting Go is good as long as you’re not dropping something you don’t want to break.

I heard someone say that everything she ever let go of had claw marks on it. I can relate to that. I don’t want to let go of some clothes that I think I could fit into again if I lost ten pounds. But I want more room in my closet. So, I remind myself that if I give these things away, someone else can wear and enjoy them now.

I will continue to give of my time and my love, but not to the point where I am hurting myself. I will not give up on my country, even though I cannot watch the news much. And the thing I most want to encourage, comes from a song from The Lion King:

“You should never take more than you give.”

 

Today’s Stream of Consciousness prompt from Linda Hill was:  “give/given/giving,”with instructions to begin our post with one of those words.  And I got bonus points if for ending with one of them. Ta Da!

For more on the Saturday Stream of Consciousness, visit:

https://lindaghill.com/2017/04/07/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-apr-817/

Here are the rules:

1. Your post must be stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing, (typos can be fixed) and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.

2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.

3. There will be a prompt every week. I will post the prompt here on my blog on Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a subject. For instance, I will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” “Begin with the word ‘The’,” or simply a single word to get your started.

4. Ping back! It’s important, so that I and other people can come and read your post! For example, in your post you can write “This post is part of SoCS:” and then copy and paste the URL found in your address bar at the top of this post into yours.  Your link will show up in my comments for everyone to see. The most recent pingbacks will be found at the top. NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, such as Blogger, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.

5. Read at least one other person’s blog who has linked back their post. Even better, read everyone’s! If you’re the first person to link back, you can check back later, or go to the previous week, by following my category, “Stream of Consciousness Saturday,” which you’ll find right below the “Like” button on my post.

6. Copy and paste the rules (if you’d like to) in your post. The more people who join in, the more new bloggers you’ll meet and the bigger your community will get!

7. As a suggestion, tag your post “SoCS” and/or “#SoCS” for more exposure and more views.

8. Have fun!