Sharing is Having More – It’s So Easy to Help Others, and Ourselves

Every year, I have lunch with one of my favorite listeners.

If you are involved in charity in Northern Colorado, you probably know Sonia (in the photo, 2nd from the right). She is a wonderful woman who seems to love nothing more than music, conversation and helping others.

When we talk, I can almost see the wheels turning in her head as she racks her brains for the person that she knows that can help me with whatever it is I am talking about.

Yesterday, she brought me together with two other people from the world of literature. There was no goal in the lunch, other than to have a great time, and perhaps see if there was any way we could help each other. Well, I shouldn't say there wasn't any objective, because at the end, Sonia went through what she expected from each of us. It sounded like this.

"Send me the details of your book signing so I can share it." she said to me. "Send me the details of your things so I can share them," she said to the two others.

It was nothing huge. What she was asking of me was easy, was something I am very interested in, and really only benefits me. Can I handle that? Yes. Yes, I can.

Sonia knows what one of my favorite teachers, Marshall Thurber, has been telling me for years. Sharing is having more. Together we are better.

How wonderful. And in this age of true connection, it has never been more true, or easier to manifest.

I began to think of all the things that I haven't shared. It's partly because I didn't know about them. For example, Michael Webber is the brilliant artist who created the illustrations for Stranded in a Snowstorm, my graphic novel for teens and 'tweens. He recently had an art show in Denver. After my lunch with Sonia yesterday, I realized that I could have shared the details of that event on my Facebook page. It would have taken me all of one second, and plenty of my friends are into art, so they would have found value in it.

It has never been easier to reach a large number of people, and nothing is more powerful than a message that really comes from people we trust. This is the reason why some apps want to be able to post things on our behalf. It's because they know that I will look at something from my friend that I trust before I look at anything from a business.

Let's remind our friends that we are here to help them. Let's let them know that if they have something they want to share, they should ask us to share it. If you are really my friend (Facebook, in real life, or both), and you have something that I think my friends and followers will find interesting, I would be happy to help you. Wouldn't you do the same for me?

I want to thank Sonia for clarifying how this simple practice is something that we can continually do to help our friends and community. It's so simple, takes very little effort and time, and can really make a difference in the lives of many.