Giving You often say, “I would give, but only to the deserving.” The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish. Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights, is worthy of all else…
Category: generosity
POEMS: Is it possible? by Anthony de Mello
Is it possible? Is it possible for the rose to say, “I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?” Or is it possible for the lamp to say, “I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will…
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “Count your blessings”(from an older post)
And as I go along life’s way,
I’m reaping better than I sowed. I’m drinking from my saucer, ‘Cause my cup has overflowed.
“Don’t Just”…by Roy T. Bennett (from an older post)
Don’t just criticize, encourage. Don’t just think, ponder.Don’t just take, give. Don’t just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don’t just hear, listen.
SHORT PERSIAN POEMS: “The sun never says” (from an older post) by Hafez
Even after all this time
The sun never says to the earth,
POEMS: “Time” by Helen Steiner Rice (From an older post)
Time is not measured by the years that you live
but by the deeds that you do and the joy that you give
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Helping Others” (Espiritualidad de La Palabra Diaria: “Ayudar a Otros”)
Helping Others I give of my hands and my heart to help those in need. When I see someone going through a difficult time, my first thought is to extend a helping hand. No matter what the need may be, I know that I have something to share with them. I start by centering…
A quote from Neale Donald Walsch about “lucky charms”
You can live a charmed life, and that there is a formula by which you can make this work. Here is the formula: You can live a charmed life by causing others to live a charmed life. That is, be the source of ‘charm’ — of charming moments and experiences — in the life of another….
A quote from Neale Donald Walsch: “Choose Love”
“Choose Love” “In life, we have a choice between a thought of love or a thought of fear. “Fear is the energy which contracts, closes down, draws in, runs, hides, hoards, harms. Love is the energy which expands, opens up, sends out, stays, reveals, shares, heals. “Fear wraps our bodies in clothing, love allows us…
ZEN STORIES: “Mokusen’s hand”(about generosity, giving & receiving)
MOKUSEN’S HAND Mokusen Hiki was living in a temple in the province of Tamba. One of his adherents complained of the stinginess of his wife. Mokusen visited the adherent’s wife and showed her his clenched fist before her face. “What do you mean by that?” asked the surprised woman. “Suppose my fist were always like…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Giving” (“Dar”)
Giving I give and receive in the spirit of love and gratitude. Life is a perpetual process of giving and receiving. Every time I share—time, attention, love—waves of energy impact the world around me. Knowing this, I choose to give Presence, not just presents! Before I step into the flow of the day, I…
“In the shadow of Christmas” by Iñaki Alegria (re-blogged) “A la sombra de la Navidad”
This is the true meaning of giving and Love! In the shadow of Christmas In the shadow of Christmas The streets are filled with priced lights , tuneless music, painted and bought happiness; where to wander enslaved in the shadow of light under a music that prevents to hear the silence of the inner…
