Winners Circle

When receiving a very happy event, the hardest part of it for me to keep it to myself. With a very giving nature it's difficult to do this.

Learning to keep positive events to myself, telling no one or almost no one is something I have had to work on for most of my life. Mostly, when someone gets a large influx of lucre, other people are rarely just happy for the one who received it. Most people will go after the fortunate one for a piece of the pie. 

Nearly a sense of entitlement even if the person has not been a part of the fortunate one's life for a few years. Even if they weren't there for them when they went through hard times. Even if they did them dirty, they become all about apologizing, the faux request to do lunch or reconnect or some such BS. flows out of them like sludge.

Even if the one favored by fortune gives a bit just to be kind, they will chant their sad stories, their rediscovered caring.

As my father was fond of saying:

"Even if pigs flew out of my ass."

Thanks, daddy!

Having experienced this in recent years, I know what to watch out for.

Absence of the pigs, lol.

Except the human greedy sort.

Seeing the large win, I believe, was a prelude. A way of teaching me a lesson that was necessary to learn. One that would benefit me for future events. Though I did share with a few people, they kept coming to me asking for more.

Out of the 10 people I gifted, only 2, outside of blood family were grateful without trying to milk more from me. A sad phrase that applies to this is that it's when true friends reveal themselves. Unfortunately, it's also when fakers do the same. The big reveal.

People, for all time, have been on the Earth to learn lessons. A great many lessons whether casual or more complex. By tuning in to the world around you that is both seen as well as unseen, there is a wealth of knowledge all around. Being tuned in to recognize the opportunities is tremendous aid. It can be something as simple as a wild bird or a butterfly landing just outside a window you're at or even on you.

These creations of nature put themselves at risk if/when they do get so close to a person. Being at the top of the food chain, humans are predators with the ability to cause great help or harm to them sometimes even death.

It's easy to ignore this or pooh pooh it away. Give a more mainstream explanation for it even if only to yourself.

Being a spiritual person, less of a religious person, paying attention to the beautiful happenings around me has led me to some nearly miraculous events. Also have been protected from harm.

A mystic said something once that stuck in my mind is:
"Money is like blood. Holding onto it causes sludging, entropy, premature aging & disease."

This doesn't mean to go on spending sprees. It's a cautionary piece of advice to spend money carefully on that which is worth it. Simple.

Most of life's difficult though beneficial lessons take time, hard introspection to learn. Then the effort to integrate the lessons learned into the day to day.

As for me & my life lessons I think I have finally learned to zip it.