To give or not to give, that is the question

       To this Shakespeare’s dilemma you will not get the answer from Shakespeare.

       To this seemingly trivial question, the life itself answers.

        Only love can save this world that is falling apart each day more and more.

        Not some illusory or far away, but real, true love.  It is easy to keep saving the world, give to the beggar, worry about refugees from Syria. You do all this and still you cannot sleep peacefully.

        Love is when we love those close to us as we love ourselves. To do the same for those close to us as we would for ourselves.

       Not what you think is “good” for that person, but what that persons is asking for, what that person thinks is “good” for him. This is what we should give to others. When you are giving, you are not thinking about what and how.

        The most you can do for another person is to love them, just the way they are.

        As soon as your brain is working instead of your heart you did not give – you sold.

        All evil in this world comes from not giving.

      Just look at multinational corporations. They have grabbed so much, seized, that soon enough they will start charging for air; and all this under a pretense of giving.  Are you also going to act this way in your micro-world? Or you are going to pay attention to people around you?

       Just with the fact that these corporations grabbed for themselves, right from the start they also lost everything. They don’t have, and neither do you, the awareness of duration, or of here and now.

      We come to this world with precisely determined number of hours. The way we are going to spend that time is a question of freedom that you came with when you came into this world. It’s a question of choice if we are going to give, are we going to give ourselves?

        We can receive in only one way, and this is if we give. There is no other way.

        If you start from a prospective that by giving you will be hurt, you will be unhappy, that you will lose… make sure you check with yourself are you really giving or just selling? When you are expecting to get something in return, you are not giving, you are selling.

       The one that gives does not think about it.  He gives, and he keeps on giving. After giving there is more. After the sale, each subsequent door is closed.

       I know that for many of you this is a cardinal question. And I also know how much support many of you need in order to give yourself, and not even for a moment think about – what next? This should not worry you.

      When a man truly gives himself, there is no darkness, despair, misery, insomnia, anger, or fury...

      He can only be sad, and pure sorrow is a good feeling, a feeling that cleanses our emotions.

     After sadness, there is more. After previously mentioned emotions there is only a new wall, of course, with an old mind.

      This world is dying. There is no new way to make it better, the only thing we can really do, while not petting and licking each other’s egos, is to give ourselves and everything we have to those around us. 

      To give what we received when we came into this world, we all have that.

       Prevod - Sanja Stančić