I received an email today in response to Monday’s “Pay It Forward” email. My friend shared how someone recently told her, “I usually give and give and I have decided that I can’t just keep helping people without getting something for me.”

This made me think of Zig Ziglar’s famous saying, “You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.”

I’d add a line to Zig’s quote though, “and you have to be open to receive your good.”

So often people are serving and contributing but they have head trash about receiving. Consequently good just trickles into their lives rather than flowing in.

This person’s new me-first attitude isn’t going to get him what he wants either. The work to be done is to increase his capacity to receive and to be contributed to.

Serve, Contribute ~ and be open to gratefully receive!

Much love,