Whatever you think people are withholding from you – praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on – give it to them. You don't have it? Just act as if you had it and it will come.
Then, soon after you start giving, you will start receiving. You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow. Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you already have, but unless you allow it to flow out, you won't even know that you have it. (Eckhart Tolle, from the book, A New Earth)
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What the heck....There's nothing to lose. I challenge you to take this on as an experiment to see how it works for you. I'd love to hear from you.