The Simple Act of Giving
Unlearning selfishness. Relearning love.
A few days ago, I had a moment that hit me deeper than expected.
It wasn’t during a ceremony.
It wasn’t in silence or on a mountaintop.
It was while watching my daughter – just being herself.
Seven years in, and I’m still learning from her.
And on this particular day, she reminded me again:
Giving isn’t complicated.
It’s instinctual.
It’s honest.
It’s unconditional.
She gives with her whole being – not because she should, but because she is.
No scorekeeping.
No agenda.
Just the pure act of giving –
a hug, a smile, her time, her love.
And in that moment, I realized something we forget as adults:
We were all born knowing how to give.
We just learned how to hold back.
The Path from Selfishness to Selflessness
This week, Gene Key 27 is active.
It’s the archetype of nourishment – and the shadow of selfishness.
It’s easy to look at selfishness as something bad, but in truth, it’s a protective mechanism.
A wound response.
A belief that “if I give, there won’t be enough left for me.”
But Gene Key 27 invites us to transform that belief –
not by force, but by remembering that giving is not depletion.
When it’s rooted in truth, it’s regeneration.
The gift isn’t just altruism.
It’s the healing that happens when we stop asking, what’s in it for me?
and start trusting the natural impulse to nourish – within and around us.
Numerology: The Frequency of Altruism
Let’s take this deeper.
In Numerology, when we break down the word altruism,
we arrive at the number 5.
5 is the energy of freedom, change, and expression.
At first, that might seem disconnected from giving –
but it’s exactly the point.
True altruism is an act of liberation.
Not just for others – but for ourselves.
When we give freely, we break out of the tight loops of scarcity, control and fear of not having enough.
We open.
We expand.
We become a vessel for something greater than transaction.
Giving Without Resources - Why It Still Matters
I’ve been through a season in my life when I had very little to give – materially speaking.
A time of deep transition, tight accounts, emotional exhaustion.
And yet, those were the moments when one small, intentional act of giving
shifted my entire energy.
A message. A compliment. A breath. A moment of presence.
It didn’t fix everything –
but it changed something.
And that’s the power of giving:
It rearranges not just the situation – but the frequency we carry into it.
The Child Within Us
So much of our healing, I believe, is a journey back to the child within.
The one who gave without needing to know how it would come back.
The one who hugged first.
The one who offered their last bite.
The one who gave…
simply because love was still louder than fear.
If we want to heal our culture of scarcity and self-protection – we start here.
One small act.
One intentional offering.
Not to fix.
But to remember.
An Invitation
Over the next few days –
whenever the voice of selfishness rises (and it will),
pause.
Smile.
And try this instead:
Give something.
Not big. Not forced.
Just something.
A word.
A moment.
A message.
A breath.
Give – not because you have to.
But because you can.
And in doing so,
you might just experience the most powerful shift of all:
That giving doesn’t take.
It returns you to yourself.
Why?
Because unconditional giving isn’t a virtue to aspire to.
It’s a natural state we forgot.
And the children – the ones we’re raising, guiding and witnessing –
are still fluent in it.
Let’s listen.
Let’s remember.
Let’s give –
and let that be the way back to wholeness.
Ready to reconnect with yourself - with clarity, not chaos?
Let’s start with a conversation.