The Law Of Compensation: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Introduction

The law of compensation was discussed by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his book called ‘Essays’. This law implies that a person will always be compensated for all his efforts and contributions, no matter what kind of effort it is or how much or how little it is.
In his opinion when someone makes efforts, his/her reward may not come back right away at that very moment, all at once or in the manner that he/she might have expected it, but it will come sooner or later in some of the other forms.

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It’s not necessarily just the money or financial gains. You can give love and get love or something other than love in return. By helping others, you may get back happiness, financial rewards, or fulfilling relationships as compensation. The world we live in works in mysterious ways.

How to use The Law of compensation in our lives?

What you have in your mind is the basis of this law. Your life will start changing if you focus your thoughts and energy on positive things, be happy, and stay at peace. You need to think about what you can do to contribute more to the world with your ideas and actions. Then, execute your thoughts. You should give more to the world by spreading positive thoughts, making people happy, reaching out, and touching someone’s heart. Following are the ways to implement the law of compensation in your lives:
1. Increase Your compensation by increasing your Value:
If you want to increase your compensation, you can do that by increasing the value of your contribution or effort. The Law of Compensation mentions that, in the long run, you can never be compensated for more than you put in. The amount of income you earn today is the compensation for your past efforts. Your compensation is correlated with the value of the contribution that you offer to the world. Thus, to increase your compensation, you should increase the value of your contribution.
2. Your Mind must be filled with Success:
According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Your mind has a great impact on your overall joy, happiness, and satisfaction and by filling your mind with positive thoughts, ideas, and vision combined with happiness and optimism you will be able to gain positive experiences every day in your life as compensation. The more positive feelings you experience will lead to greater success and happiness in life, as all these things are interlinked.
3. Giving More To The World, Even More, Than You’re Paid For:
A major component of the Law of Compensation, in the opinion of Ralph Waldo Emerson, is the amount of giving. You can increase your compensation by giving more than what you are paid for. If you keep putting more effort and exceed expectations, you will be rewarded with more in your life. People who in the long run increase their compensation are the ones who do more than they are paid for and are always looking for opportunities to exceed expectations. They always overcompensate due to which they are not only rewarded with financial gains but also the esteem of their employers and customers which leads to their great personal success.

4. Causes and Effects:
The principle of cause and effect is an inexorable law that always works. It is similar to the law of compensation. Whatever you do always creates some effect even if no one is looking at it. Hence, if you institute causes that are consistent with your desired effects, you can then enjoy your desired rewards as a result of the causes that you instituted in your life.
5. Live happily
According to the Law of Compensation, if you spread happiness and try to live happily, you attract more happiness and contentment in your lives. Ralph Waldo Emerson says that we all experience our lives in a certain way that is different from others. But we can control it and choose the way we want to experience life. We always have the power to change our mindset irrespective of our life circumstances. No one has a perfect life in this world but we can always work on it to make it better. One can always choose to live a happy life because it’s in our mind. Try to make others happy even if they do not immediately get back to you. Always be grateful for whatever you have.

Where to start from?

One can do two things immediately to start using the law of compensation in our lives:
a. Keep reminding yourself regularly about the fact that your rewards are directly proportional to your service to others.
b. Try to look for ways to go the extra mile and to use the Law of compensation in whatever you do in life every single day. It is the secret of success.

Summary:

Ralph Waldo Emerson explains that The Law of Compensation relates to different aspects of life including money, relationships, happiness, thoughts, ideas, and vision. The more you work at it, the more you’ll get in return. You should not think of the reward but focus on how good you feel by doing good deeds and increase it day by day. You need to invest your time, effort, thought and energy to receive the rewards you expect. If you give the effort, put in your time, and work with passion, you will notice changes in your life.