John F. Kennedy famously said, “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

So often people fall into the trap of thinking that someone owes them something – gratitude, respect, appreciation, support, recognition, opportunity – or maybe that life or God owes them a break. This kind of thinking is beyond toxic!

Nobody owes you anything!!! Being owed puts you firmly into a getting mindset. “I’ve got to get mine – no matter what.” This immediately puts you into scarcity.

Life does not work when we operate out of scarcity. And, nobody in the history of humankind has “got” their way to true happiness and fulfillment.

It is actually you and me as individuals that owe God, life, and our fellow human beings. We owe our brilliance, our light, our gifts, our skills, our talents, our hearts, our creativity, our love, our best efforts. And it is in the willing giving of this that we get a life worth living.

Much love,

Jonathan