Every quality has its order. If we get the order right we express that value freely and beautifully in such a way that it helps both ourselves and others.
If we get that order wrong it either disadvantages others and later ourselves or vice versa.
The order is the right application and often this is what confuses us and takes us so long to work out.
For example, happiness is not about being happy with what we want but being happy with what we already have.
Trust is not about trusting others but much more about trusting ourselves. So that when we trust ourselves we can trust others even if they do not inspire trust. Becasue we trust we can handle whatever happens.
Order is defined as the place where we centre our attention, that is the point where we place most of our attention on.
Love is about loving consciously ourselves first to give to others of the love we have.
Giving is about giving to ourselves until our cup is overflowing and then giving of the overflow to others. Giving without that order produces imbalance which becomes difficult to sustain.
So on and so on goes the order of the values...
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This is a really helpful post
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