The Natural Law of Giving: Why Your Presence Is Meant to Matter
Life Is Always Giving. Life’s natural rhythm is to give.
The sun gives light, enough to warm your skin, tan it, even burn it into a lobster-red reminder of excess.
It gives heat strong enough to dry freshly washed clothes swaying from a narrow window in an Italian alley, where life continues to unfold quietly and beautifully.
Plants grow to give fruits for nourishment, branches that become furniture, paper that holds our grief, our prayers, our love letters.
Pause for a moment.
Can you name anything in life that isn’t giving?
Even establishments are born from an intention to give.
Your loved ones, too sometimes offering inspiration for deep inner work, sometimes simply choosing to give their presence.
Your barista remembers your order before you speak. That, too, is a form of devotion.
Life is always offering itself to you.
As children, we receive without hesitation. Milk. Attention. Warm arms.
We never question our worthiness. We cry, and life responds.
Then we grow.
We witness a child instinctively sharing what’s in their hands without calculation, without fear of loss.
Giving is not something we learn.
It’s something we remember.
As we evolve, we begin searching for what makes us feel most alive, what draws out our essence, what aligns us with life’s deeper rhythm.
And slowly, quietly, we realize:
As we mature, we are meant to give not from depletion, but from overflow.
Not to prove our worth, but to let life move through us.
This is where contentment lives.
This is where being alive feels undeniable.
As you begin to harness your greatness, challenges arise.
Focus becomes harder.
Distractions multiply.
The deeper you go, the louder the noise.
This is not a punishment.
It is an initiation.
The journey sharpens your discernment.
You learn what is aligned, and what quietly drains you.
And here, clarity becomes essential.
Why do you aim to grow?
How does your evolution serve your family, your community, the unseen lives you’ll never meet?
When your desire expands beyond the personal when it includes the people you are here to serve focus becomes fuel.
Yes, it can feel overwhelming.
But if you’re reading this, something in you already knows:
You’re ready for a project larger than yourself.
This path will break you open.
It will humble you to tears.
And it will prove to you, again and again, that your presence matters.
Not for validation.
But as an invitation.
Your creation is an initiation.
Most of our precious attention is unconsciously pulled outward. We compare ourselves to birds, forgetting we are leopards, tigers, entire ecosystems of power.
This life is not about who is better.
It is about learning your greatness, so you can offer your unique participation.
Where your attention goes, your energy flows.
When your awareness is scattered, you feel depleted.
When you bring it inward, you energize yourself.
Depletion is not failure.
It is feedback.
It’s life whispering:
Come home.
Let me guide you into a simple practice.
Sit upright.
Spine tall. Chest open.
Inhale deeply, feel the air enter your nostrils.
Exhale slowly, softening your entire body while staying rooted in your spine.
Do it again.
Notice how you feel.
Simple.
Subtle.
Powerful.
This is how you reclaim your focus.
This is how you gather your energy.
Growth and creation require energy, your energy.
And you have more than enough when you are aligned.
If you feel depleted, it’s not because you lack capacity.
It’s because your attention has drifted away from your truth.
Bring it back.
Gather yourself.
Your greatness is your great gift to life.
And life is waiting for your devoted yes.
You are not here by accident.
That idea living in you is not random.
It is life asking to move through you now.
Joanne Genoza
Joanne Genoza