The last step was to be willing to chase my beliefs back to their seed thoughts and thereby release any ill judgments I may have imposed upon myself or another.  When I started to follow this practice I discovered a freedom within me to follow my passions, to do the things that brought me joy.  I discovered old relations healed and new found fulfillment.  One of the side benefits I discovered was a freedom to give without expectation.  More importantly, because I had come to own my own power to think, the expectations of others became irrelevant.  I was giving because I wanted to give as I wanted to give and the greatest getting was all coming from an indwelling essence that started and continues to grow.  I discovered giving for the sake of giving.

I no longer take much for granted; I understand that what I love grows because I give in to it.  I have discovered a deep compassion through this realization because I now see that no-one gets anything except to the degree that they give.  More and more I realize that we don’t get good deals or freebies; as we give things come to us.  They come to us in exact correspondence to our desire and willingness. 

I know many people who have filled their lives with clutter and junk in their attempts to get things for cheep; they are typically cheeping themselves.  When we give to the highest level we are able we are stretched to greater degrees.  We attract quality because we give quality; we increase our worth because we are worthy givers. 

Do you have good friends; then you give your soul as a friend.  Do you have quality belongings; then you put your soul into the quality of your thoughts and actions.  Do you find your life abundant?  If you do you will find your heart and soul is given to creating abundance.

I no longer fret about others taking me for granted because I recognize their disappointment is their loss when they have not invested of themselves and sought only to give little for much.  When we give much to the things we appreciate we empower them to grow; and we grow with them.