The Art of Giving

[JGeropoulas]

A little STO inspiration from The Art of Being, by Wilferd A . Peterson:

The Art of Giving

Emerson said, “The only true gift is a portion of thyself”

We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart:
Love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness

We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the mind:
Ideas, dreams, purposes, ideals, principles, plans, inventions, projects, poetry

We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the spirit:
Prayer, vision, beauty, aspiration, peace, faith

We should give of ourselves with the radiant warmth of sunshine and
the glow of the open fire.

 

[Shared Joy]

Hi JGeropoulas,

let me add some other words of wisdom and beauty from Khalil Gibran's The Prophet

“You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”


“No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.
If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.”


“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. Even while the earth sleeps we travel. We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given to the wind and are scattered.”

Thank you for starting this thread,
Joy