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CONSUMER OR CONTRIBITOR
flywood
Published on December 16, 2012
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Ok ask yourself this question am I a contributor or just a consumer? Why would I ask myself that question because in answering it you we come to a better understanding of who you are? What is a consumer this is a person who consumes everything and everyone in their path leaving nothing behind kind of like T-REX. On the other hand a contributor is someone who is always looking for a way to help others by investing their time, talents and resources.
The problem with being a consumer is the law of sowing and reaping. Why you may be asking well this law works two ways one as a farmer sows into the ground the seed of his choice, then he waits for the time of harvest so he can go and reap the harvest from what he showed. If he did not sow (contribute) there would be no harvest. Of course the farmer gets to be first to consume his harvest he worked for it.
If we are just consumers then we will eventually run it to a famine in our life where nothing seems to work and never realize what in the world is going on.
If I am a consumer then everything revolves around me, myself and I and that my friend is a very small world to leave in. I want you to know that there are plenty of consumers out in the world just looking to sink their fangs into you like a vampire and suck you dry of all your resources, so that when they finish with you will have gone from looking like a grape to a raisin. Then they will kick you to the curbside and look for their next victim.
Now a contributor on the other hand is someone everybody loves to be around and I know that’s what we are here at WA. We are looking to help people and in helping people we begin to reap a harvest like we have never seen before. A great way to help people at WA is to hang out at the live chat. Just the other day a fellow was having some network issues and I was there just saying welcome to WA to the new folks signing in and was able to help him with his network issues also. There was someone else there having problems with their website theme and I was able to help them out as well. It didn’t seem like much to me but to them I am sure they were glad someone gave them a helping hand.
The problem with being a consumer is the law of sowing and reaping. Why you may be asking well this law works two ways one as a farmer sows into the ground the seed of his choice, then he waits for the time of harvest so he can go and reap the harvest from what he showed. If he did not sow (contribute) there would be no harvest. Of course the farmer gets to be first to consume his harvest he worked for it.
If we are just consumers then we will eventually run it to a famine in our life where nothing seems to work and never realize what in the world is going on.
If I am a consumer then everything revolves around me, myself and I and that my friend is a very small world to leave in. I want you to know that there are plenty of consumers out in the world just looking to sink their fangs into you like a vampire and suck you dry of all your resources, so that when they finish with you will have gone from looking like a grape to a raisin. Then they will kick you to the curbside and look for their next victim.
Now a contributor on the other hand is someone everybody loves to be around and I know that’s what we are here at WA. We are looking to help people and in helping people we begin to reap a harvest like we have never seen before. A great way to help people at WA is to hang out at the live chat. Just the other day a fellow was having some network issues and I was there just saying welcome to WA to the new folks signing in and was able to help him with his network issues also. There was someone else there having problems with their website theme and I was able to help them out as well. It didn’t seem like much to me but to them I am sure they were glad someone gave them a helping hand.
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