LEARN THE ART OF GIVING OVER

According to Eknath Easwaran, "...all every one of us is trying to do is break into the bank inside...."

I believe that to be true...it is the how we break into the bank inside that is so difficult to do...it wasn't that easy to come to believe it, but to do it? Whoa. Because, of course, to break into the bank inside we must let go of all of our self-determined needs, which are simply wants dressed up as needs in order to fool God into granting our wishes.

To realize the real treasures of life, we must learn the art of giving over. It is an art, and it does not come naturally to the overwhelming majority of us. Actually, it comes more easily to those of us who have been broken by our own will...forced by our own choices to seek help not of this world.

We miss the answer because it is so simple...get over yourself and give to others. At least, that's what the prayer of St. Francis says: "Oh Divine Master, grant that I may seek to comfort rather than to seek to be comforted, to understand rather than to seek to be understood, to love rather than to seek to be loved."

The answer is everywhere...doing it is ours alone to choose.

Thank You.