Contemplating the phrase “I could never give up __________.”

In a materialistic society, in a complex, profit-driven social system, when we give something up, people think we enter the process of loss. Or the process of turning away from something or someone.

It’s a gift when they ask (even silently) what we are turning to. The question can open an exploration of simplicity.

Perhaps the giving-up is done because the thing has harmed our world, our basic support systems, the web of life that includes and sustains us.

What if the Giving-Up Isn’t a Choice, But an Action We Are Called to Take?

Image of a cheeseburger.

No question: There is stress and anxiety in the decision to relinquish it. Yet the inner self has reached a point where release is relief.

Release of something that’s a good thing to have in a strictly individual way: Is this giving up? Or is it an act of becoming?

The ability to give something up, itself, is a good. Giving up, when we’re called to do it, can mean up-lifting. And then, giving up becomes a giving to Spirit.

 

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