January 12, 2009
Being generous is part of our true nature.
There are false generosities: “Does it look like I’m being generous?” For women and girls, “Am I being a good girl? Am I being ‘ladylike’ in giving?” For boys and men, “Am I showing my status and my power by having enough to give away?”
Another one: Giving out of guilt. “If I can just give enough, I won’t have to feel so guilty for being born a white American, or a wealthy European, Australian, or Japanese.”
Let’s weed out false generosity so that we have a clear path…not a path full of deception and debris.
True generosity is really something quite different. It is a feeling we get when we are so overflowing with divine love that the only thing left to do is to give it away. The only thing we want to do is give it away. It’s easy, fun, satisfying, enjoyable, and natural. This is a generosity of compassion and empathy.
Why not imagine a world where everyone is saturated with divine love? A world where the best part of our day is when we give love away…to each other and to the Earth..
Being generous – the way we are meant to be.
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