April
2007
The Pyramid of Life
Helping people out isn’t always a good thing. Women especially are conditioned to nurture, please, placate and say yes to virtualy every Tom, Dick and Harry who needs some sort of support. Being over-generous can wipe out the chances of one ever getting ahead, and induct a lifelong struggle of poverty, struggling and potential destitution. It’s far better to think of your life as a pyramid you’re trying to build. Imagine everytime you go to lay a brick to build your pyramid walls someone keeps coming along and askig for a brick. Being kind and compassionate you give them a brick, than the next person, the next, than so forth and so on until one day you realise that all you’ve ever constructed are a few short tiers and those who you love and need to shelter, including yourself, cannot find refuge within your walls so must go someplace far away hoping to find some kind stranger who can protect them. Let’s now pretend you had it to do all over again, and instead of giving away your supplies (i.e. energy, time, love, etc.) kindly offered blessings to those needing bricks- but kept building strong and steady until one day awakening to the apex of your pyramid looking down upon you as you stood withing its’ sturdy walls, feeling forever safe and protected. Now imagine your family, friends and loved ones also finding refuge. Now imagine people still coming to borrow a brick and the freedom felt within to give them not one but ten, and maybe even a little cement. Now imagine the apex of your pyramid becoming a beacon from afar, guiding the lost and wayward to their hidden destination. You decide. Do you want to still keep giving away your bricks, or do you want to steadily build until you can actually give more and be safe, secure and have peace of mind? The decision is up to you.
