Have you ever seen a baby get excited about a new toy and then almost immediately turn around and hold it up with bright eyes and a big smile, pleading with you to share in the excitement? The baby has no expectations, only a desire to share.
When we share without expectation, we’re sharing love. When we create without expectation, we’re creating with love. But if we put a condition on sharing the things that we create — I’ll share this if you give me that — then we disconnect from the ultimate reason that we possess the power to create: to share love.
That doesn’t mean we can’t receive something in return for what we create. Receiving in return for creating isn’t the same as creating with the intention of receiving. The latter is based in scarcity, the former in abundance.
Like the baby pleading to share in the joy of discovery, we instinctively want to share what we love. When we do something because we love it, the act of doing it becomes enough. When we create with the intention of sharing, everything we receive in return becomes a gift.
