This time the theme is Generosity... it is a virtue that all of us seek but what is true generosity? Is it simply giving a poor person on the street a few dollars out of pity? The intentions and emotions behind our giving are just as important as the act of giving itself. More importantly, it is not just objects that I can give. There is much to offer besides money and physical objects and it is those things that make one generous. Let us try to be truly generous in our actions, our thoughts, and also our words.
"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." --- Albert Pine, the only Confederate soldier to be honored with a statue in Washington D.C.
"Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do." --- Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese poet and writer, who is the 3rd bestselling poet after Shakespeare and Lao Tse
"Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.” --- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, one of the greatest German writers
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