you just want to be appreciated?

Much praise to the dear friend who messaged me after reading yesterday’s post. 

Inspired by our conversation I wrote today’s Daily Tithe.

If you’re reading this, I appreciate you.

“I give with the mentality that I know I won’t get it back, but with the hope that the person appreciates it” 

“Am I trying to receive appreciation for the wrong motive?”

Some questions for us all. 

What if we gave with the mentality that we were going to get it back? 

Unsure of how, when, what, and from who, yet knowing in our unconscious mind it will return. 

Would that be ok?

Everyone wants to be and feel appreciated. 

Including me. 

Yet, I don’t think we should give to be appreciated. 

Still if we look around we might find some of us are giving as a means of compensating for appreciation we so desperately desire and lack in other areas. 

We want to be seen. We want to feel important. We want to be a part of something.

Someone. 

But you can’t buy appreciation and even if you could, appreciation is a cheap reason to give.