Short - Giving Yourself Grace

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I wanted to talk about something with
you. You see, most people know

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that Karen and I are all about
service to others, and every spiritual book,

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every spiritual teacher, every message that
you get, everybody is saying how

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important it is to be of service
to others. And in fact, in

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my life, I've noticed that the
more I'm in service to others, the

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more positive things happen to me.
The less I think about myself and more

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about others, the more good things
come to me as a result. It

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just makes sense. It's an energy
exchange. The more energy you give to

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someone, the more energy comes back
to you. Right, whether you're Pagan

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and you believe in the law of
three which says that whatever you send out

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to universe, you get back to
you three times, or you believe in

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law of karma that says what you
give out you receive. Almost every thought

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process out there talks about this energy
exchange. The giving of something is what

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you get in return. So I've
been trying to live my life for the

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last few years with that thought foremost
in my mind, and it's been truly

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a wonderful experience. It's been eye
opening, it's been wonderful, truly wonderful

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to see, for example, the
success of this show. The more we

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are in service to you, the
listener out there, the more that the

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show grows, and it's been wonderful. So I want to live my life

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with that thought process in mind at
all times. But very recently, some

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of you may know, I underwent
difficult period in my professional life where I

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didn't feel like I was treated the
way that I felt I should have been

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treated. Now, I completely understand
that that's a totally ego driven, judgmental

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thought process, and I understand where
it comes from, but I won't go

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into that here. Just know that
I understand and I recognize it's not how

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I should have thought about the whole
process. But no matter how much I

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focus on spirituality, come on,
let's face it, I'm still just a

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human being, just like everyone else, and I'm learning. I'm on this

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path of learning and discovery just like
you. So petty things like that,

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like not getting a job that I
felt I was perfect for, still affect

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me as much as I don't want
them to. So in this case,

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it affected me in a very very
very hard way, and it's almost like

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a sort of PTSD where I'm having
a hard time shaking it. I meditate

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every day, I focus on the
teachings. I have interviews with wonderful spiritual

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people that help me put things in
perspective. Friends that I value very much

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remind me of things like the Surrender
experiment and being of service to others in

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all those thought processes, And it
works for a bit, but I always

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seem to fall back, and I'm
finding that I'm falling into a more ego

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driven, self serving day to day
decision making process, and I have to

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admit that I'm not liking myself these
days again as much. So I'm trying

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to keep myself focused on service to
others again, writing these concepts on sticky

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notes, and I'm putting them everywhere
my computer in the kitchen and my bathroom

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mirror, everywhere anywhere that can see
them, just so I can remind myself

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the importance of understanding and really knowing
and living the fact that I'm not here

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to serve myself. I'm here to
serve others. And if there's anything I

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can do to serve others, that
is a focus that I need to follow

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that I want to follow. So, friends, if you feel lost like

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I, somewhat am right. Now, I invite you to change your focus,

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to put your sticky notes everywhere,
remind yourself over and over again of

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the right way to move forward,
the way that you know is the right

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way to move forward, and be
kind to yourself. Give yourself grace and

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understanding, because we all know we
do live in this three dimensional world.

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We are in these physical bodies,
and our minds have been programmed for such

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a long time that it's going to
take some doing for us to get beyond

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it. To yourself, forgive yourself, and when you fall, just get

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back up again take the next step, just like I'm trying to do now.

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Thanks for listening, guys. This
really helped get this off my chest.