(How to Stay Out of the Gilded Cage)
Do not let anyone do for you what you could do for yourself (unless you have transcended the “need cycle” and can offer reception as a gift to others).
Do not do for others what they can do for themselves (unless it is to add support to an endeavor you want realized in the world or because they are well aware of their capacity and will receive it as luxury. And because it is a genuine offering not to “get—to feel needed, wanted, desired, helpful, or important).
Do offer everything you can generously to the shared space of creativity without extracting a fee (to prove your worth).