I Don’t Beg

“I don’t beg others. Only others beg me.”

I said that jokingly, and my dad understood the joke, responding, “Yes, I know you’re great.”

Yet there is truth behind that. I don’t beg others for anything. I am pretty self-sufficient. I have my own money, I have only the most basic of needs: food, shelter, time to meditate/read/practice yoga/write. Nothing that costs too much. I can make my own food, I can do my own laundry, I clean my own space.

That is not to say I don’t ask for anything. If anything, I’m extremely lazy. But I take joy in handling my own matters, for the most part.