"Do you offer others what they prefer?"

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This spring I hung a bird feeder in an oak tree just outside one of my office windows. I really like watching cardinals and there are lots of them in my part of the world.

I looked them up on the Internet and discovered the kind of bird feed they prefer—sunflower seeds—and put lots of them in the feeder. Since then, about a dozen different families of cardinals have come to my feeder. Of course, they’re not all there at once, but they do all get to feed there.

The key, I’ve discovered, is offering them what they prefer. I wanted them to come and visit me so I gave them what they wanted.

And that’s pretty much the way life works, isn’t it? When you give, you receive. It’s what I like to call a universal life principle that God weaves into the fabric of our everyday lives. Givers gain.

Try giving, not just so you’ll receive, but because you want to. Try giving at work, in your business, neighborhood, community and especially your family. And watch the beauty of life visit you as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

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