Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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It's all in the 'unexpected'
Don't we just love it when when something good happens? Say, someone picks up the package you accidentally left behind and rushes to return it to you, or holds the door open for you when your hands are full of shopping, or gives you a birthday card. These are all welcome and everyday situations that help make life go smoothly. Lovely.
But how wonderful it is to get something that's even more unexpected. The garage returns your serviced car nicely cleaned on the inside and complimentary air freshener, you get flowers from a friend when it's not your birthday or any special day at all, your boss says leave early to make up for the extra hours you did last week, a client writes to you just to say how much they appreciated what you did for them.
Cathy Sierra writes about 'Delightful-out-of-context-surprises' in marketing terms and how software designers can sex-up products and create extra appeal and good will to customers. But we can extend this principle out of the marketing arena into normal life. How great it is to get unexpected and delightful surprises.
Would it be nice to receive more? Absolutely. And this is a good time to remember that 'like attracts like'. So I'm going to remember to give and do more for others, without thought of return. There is an especially good feeling about giving. Helping others makes them and us all feel great.
But there is an underlying principle to all this 'giving out' that we need not worry about or consider at all, but I will mention just to dispel any concern. What we give-out will come back in some form or other, maybe not from the same place and not immediately. But it will come back when we need it most. We could regard 'giving' as not reducing our wealth, but relocating it for a while. It will be returned as 'what you give is what you receive'. We don't need to worry about this. It's the law of attraction. So smile, and give, and think not of return, but how great it is to share. Our turn will come when we most need it and how great that will be. What an unexpected surprise. Thank you!
Have a good day :-)
