“You give
but little when you give of your possessions. Itis when you give of yourself
that you truly give. For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard
for fear you may need them tomorrow? . . . There are those who give little of the
much they have—and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes
their gift unwholesome.
And there
are those who give and know not pain ingiving, nor do they seek joy, nor give
with mindfulness of virtue. . . . Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and
from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth.
You often
say, “I would give but only to the deserving.”
. . .
Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights is worthy of all else
from you. And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to
fill his cup from your little stream.
See first
that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving. For in
truth it is life that gives onto life—while you, who deem yourself a giver, are
but a witness” – Khalil Gibran
