Generosity

“The next time you want to withhold your help, or your love, or your support for another for whatever the reason, ask yourself a simple question: do the reasons you want to withhold it reflect more on them or on you? And which reasons do you want defining you forevermore?”

                                                          Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing

_______________________________________________________

I see it everyday

the person with power and wealth

finding an excuse to shame another

you are poor, it’s your fault

you are sick, it’s your fault

so “suck it up”

“deal with it”

“why should a 62 year old man pay for maternity care for a 28 year old woman”

I also see people

Average people

Conservative people and liberal people

Those just limping along

Doing amazing acts of generosity

They see a neighbor in need,

And no questions are asked

Food is given

Clothes are shared

Money exchanges hands

The one who is struggling gets support

And love

And help

Why would someone who has enough

Fail to share it with someone in need

Why does the person who has barely enough

Find discover the gift of generosity

Perhaps power and wealth do something ugly

To our souls

Sadly we rarely see the generous soul

Be sadly too, we will long remember the 1%

And all those small people who lounge in the seat of power

We will forever define them, as the people

With small souls

Here is to all the lazy moochers

With big hearts