01/02/2026
"Sent = Kept: The Inner Justice":
The sent version is what shape us. The received version is just an echo.
This isn't about physical things... it's about the invisible substance of our being: our prayers, wishes, words, actions, empathy, and service. Think of sent emails: what we send to others stays in our outbox permanently. Our prayer for someone reshapes our heart first. Our words of encouragement strengthen our spirit first. Our act of generosity expands our capacity first. Our deception or coldness hardens us first. The inner justice is automatic and absolute... we receive the exact quality of what we give, not from others, but from ourselves to ourselves.
We don't give our best to get something back from others or wait for appreciation or reciprocation. We give our best because the sent version is what shapes our being and becomes our reality, kept forever inside us. What we haven't shared will never become our reality or existence. We give our best because that's how we become our best. The person receiving our gift is secondary; the version of us created by the giving is everything. If we give excellence to ourselves but scraps to others, we keep the scraps... the act of giving low quality becomes our inner reality. Give honesty to some but deception to others, we keep the deception. Our cells don't distinguish between recipients; the inner justice only tracks the sender. We cannot give poison and keep honey for ourselves. We cannot send out mediocrity and remain excellent inside. The sent version IS the kept version.
Give our best to the stranger who will never thank us... we keep the generosity. To the person who doesn't deserve it... we keep the grace. To the situation that seems pointless... we keep the excellence. To the moment no one is watching... we keep the integrity. Not because they'll reciprocate, but because we get to live inside the quality we just sent out. Every moment is a choice of what to keep: Will we keep excellence by giving it? Truth by speaking it? Love by offering it? Integrity by living it? Or will we keep mediocrity, deception, coldness, and worthlessness by offering their cheap versions?
In order to receive our best, we must be willing to give it... not to get it back from others, but because the sent version shapes our being and becomes our reality, kept forever inside us. What we haven't shared will never become our reality or existence. We must give our best to everyone, in every moment, without exception or double standards... not for them, for us. The drop we send becomes the ocean we swim in. Inner justice is automatic: sent equals kept, always.