{"id":5453,"date":"2023-10-02T13:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T17:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesterlingstudy.com\/?p=5453"},"modified":"2023-11-23T15:02:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T20:02:18","slug":"the-power-of-gifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesterlingstudy.com\/the-power-of-gifting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Gifting"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the last month, I started to reflect on the power of gifting and the aspects of love reflected in gifting. I see gifting as the exchange of something freely without expectations of something back. I consider the power of words as a gift that I can give to others openly. Freely giving is one of the ways you can give abundance to others and back to the universe that provided it initially to you. This message came to me as I went back and forth with giving something to someone. It led me to question, “What are my standards of giving? What makes me feel called to give to someone or someplace?”<\/p>\n
If you are a follower of the Abrahamic religion, you may be familiar with the spiritual law of the tithe. Tithing means ‘10%’, where the idea of giving money to the church comes from. It is also where many understanding of giving comes from in relation to giving to causes. Personally, I have a standard of giving freely to those who have given me ‘spiritual food’. \u00a0To freely give is to receive freely is one of my mottos. Plus, the items I have (money<\/a>, physical things, etc.) would either be used by me or someone else. I did not include time in this standard because time<\/a> is to be treated differently by everyone, including myself.<\/p>\nLove Languages<\/h3>\n