(from the Barefoot Doctor)

In tough times, people often grow even more afraid of being loving in the mistaken fear it might cause them to be taken advantage of by others, thus possibly depriving them of getting, having or keeping what they need. But there’s a great difference between being loving and being a pushover. Being a pushover doesn’t arise from being loving, it arises from being unclear about your function. Your function is to receive and transmit love. To do so you require various resources to enable your ongoing survival. Your function is not to make others happy, however. That’s their responsibility, not yours. All you’re required to do is receive and give love. What others do with the love you transmit is up to them. Knowing this you are able to say no when you need to say no, rather than saying yes to make others happy at your own expense. But you are able to do so lovingly rather than meanly. Knowing you have the power to say no when you need to and yes when you want to, you become clear on your boundaries. Being clear on your boundaries enables you to be loving. Being loving you are inclined to be generous. Being generous is not being a pushover, as long as your generosity arises from love rather than the fear of saying no when you need to. And this is important now because it’s crucial to be loving to manifest the opportunities you need to succeed. Opportunities come to you through other people. Being loving, fully able to receive love from others and fully able to transmit love to others, you trigger opportunities to arise from the quantum field. Being mean and fearful, thus snagging the field by blocking the flow of love, you also block the flow of opportunities. So while you may score some minor short-term, short-lived gains through fear-induced meanness, you can only score major long-term sustainable gains through love-inspired generosity.

Allow generosity to inform your thoughts, words and deeds and the world will respond by being generous back. Let people go in traffic jams, hold doors open to let others through, be generous with your time and energy and money if you have it – not out of fear of saying no but out of a desire to make the word more beautiful for everyone – and the world will act in beautiful ways towards you.

Contrary to the erroneous belief that this approach is a merely a luxury for easy times, this approach is now more necessary than ever if you wish to be effective in sustaining your mission on earth.