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GoodWordEditing.com: Generosity brings life into the world

  • Lynn Mosher · 11 months ago
    Great and touching post, Mark! I love stories of learning things from our pets. Hope you (and your family) and Ajax are best buds for many more years. Blessings...Lynn
  • goodwordediting · 11 months ago
    Lynn, thanks. Ajax is a great dog.

    Amy, sorry, hon. : )
  • Amy · 11 months ago
    Why did you that to me!?! I am weeping at the computer, dammit!
  • Amy · 11 months ago
    DO that to me, I meant....see, I can't even write!
  • heather · 11 months ago
    Accepting generosity can be hard--it means we can't do it on our own, never something we like to admit.
    But I love how you connect generosity to life, how our generosity can make a difference.
  • goodwordediting · 11 months ago
    Heather, you are absolutely right about the difficulty and the difference.
    Little things are very important--like a cup of cold water.
  • Robert Hruzek · 11 months ago
    "But that’s the thing about generosity and good will and kindness. It doesn’t end the despair. It doesn’t destroy death. It doesn’t save the world.

    But we don’t have to save the world in a big dramatic way to do something wonderful."

    Y'know, Marcus; if more of us thought this way, I think we'd all be more willing to do it. Right or wrong, I think there may always lurk the thought, "But will it really make a difference in the long run?"

    In truth, it doesn't matter. It's the heart God sees, not the actions.
  • goodwordediting · 11 months ago
    Thanks, Robert. It's a pride issue really. We think if we can't be the
    conquering king who saves the universe or the superhero who turns back time,
    then we must be the normal powerless peon who can't do anything at all. But
    heroes don't have to be super. And peons can still have power if we'll only
    stick with something long enough.
  • Erica Hale · 11 months ago
    "Here’s what I learned. Generosity brings life into the world. Sometimes it breathes new life into stale despair."

    and

    "It doesn’t end the despair. It doesn’t destroy death. It doesn’t save the world. But we don’t have to save the world in a big dramatic way to do something wonderful."

    So deeply true. I agree with Robert...if we all understood this, how different would our actions be? What a difference it would make. I will be thinking about this for a long time...thank you for this wonderful post.