{"id":46381,"date":"2022-02-27T12:09:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T12:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/?p=46381"},"modified":"2022-02-27T12:09:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T12:09:33","slug":"helping-out-by-fully-being-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/2022\/02\/27\/helping-out-by-fully-being-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping out by fully being you."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was never really interested in the idea of serving people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the \u2018what\u2019s in it for me?\u2019 kinda guy I thought I was, it didn\u2019t make much sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until it did, until I grew into it, or it grew into me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I simply didn\u2019t know that the act of giving, of sharing, of shining your personal light on the world around you, was actually the act of coming to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t realize that serving people is the result of being who you really are, and not just a one-way activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s amazing to see how I used to be much more cynical and selfish, and how a lot of that has changed in a very gentle, natural way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, it simply feels good to help out people, to see their faces light up, to watch them get back on their feet or even get off the ground, and soar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I am in a situation where those things happen, I give and I share and I totally am where I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am fully alive, I am very much lived, and the energy of optimism and power and creativity can flow freely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t know that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t know how incredibly well this works, how you can benefit from helping someone out, how it can truly feel amazing to be a signpost, a bridge, a safe haven, or a reminder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels good to help out, to point out, to inspire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And feeling good is what life uses to tell you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere you go my friend, keep on doing that, keep at it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But life showed me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Photo by @raw2020, for Unsplash)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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