Sowing and Reaping!

This is one of my favorite topics—talking about the absolute truth that you will reap what you sow. In its simplest form, if you plant wheat seed, you will harvest wheat.  If you plant carrot seeds, carrots will come up. That’s just how it works in the real world, and it also works that way in the spiritual world! For example, if you “sow” joy, you will get it back.  If you sow distrust and suspiciousness, you will get that back, too. If you sow enthusiasm, you will get enthusiasm back.   By “sow” I mean, of course, that you deal with others in those attitudes.   And all you have to do to sow joy, or enthusiasm or any other human attitude is to act that way. Not only will your acting that way enthuse or bring joy to others, but it will bring enthusiasm and joy to you, even if you didn’t feel like it originally. The great Dale Carnegie used to always say: “Act enthusiastic, and you’ll be enthusiastic!” It’s true.  He had another great saying that I love, and I hope it will encourage you to become more others-centered and less self-centered, to work the universal law of reciprocation instead of worrying about what you’re going to get yourself.  This is what he said: “You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you””   One last Dale Carnegie quote and then I’ll wrap this up. “Happiness doesn’t depend on external conditions. It’s governed by our mental attitude.” Friends, I learned all this stuff in 12 step recovery. It changed my life. I had to pay a huge price to get into recovery. I lost my self-respect, my wealth, and my health. Still, it was worth everything I learned. I offer you all this with my hope that you’ll take these things into your hearts, and that you won’t have to learn them like I did. Now, go get that workout in, and then go find somebody you can help without getting caught!