2. People who generously contribute their time,
money, and kindness are healthier, happier,
and more confident than those who do not.
3. Being generous helps to
reduce stress,
enhance a person’s sense of purpose,
shift the focus away from ourselves,
improve relationships,
build confidence / make us feel better about ourselves,
increase the number of years you live.
4. Our generosity does not come from a feeling of obligation;
it is an outpouring of the abundance of love we
experience in our lives.
5. Generosity changes the giver as much as or more
than the person receiving the gift. Why? Because
when you give, your heart opens. You begin to
see the world as much more than a narrow place.
6. Generosity is the thing that is at the beginning
of prosperity, not at the end.
Tim O’Reilly
7. Generosity is most effective when the gift you offer is sensitive. Have
you asked yourself what the other person wants / needs?
Does the person want / need
to hear kind words?
to spend time with you?
a gift from you?
to enjoy a meal that you cooked?
to hold your hand?
8. Being emotionally generous means to
be available for another person,
offer comfort and support,
communicate honestly.
9. Young children are often the best models for practicing
emotional generosity. They tell you exactly what is on
their mind and find joy in giving.
10. Generosity means caring about others, but not at the
expense of caring for yourself.
Instead of saying yes to every help request, self protective
givers look for high impact, low cost ways of giving, so they
can sustain their generosity – and enjoy it along the way.
