Determining To Be Generous – a Teaching in Two Parts

Growing the determination to be generous changes everything.
by Alison Bonds Shapiro, M.B.A. in Healing Into Possibility
Originally published online by Psychology Today

Recently I received a wonderful two-part teaching. In the evening I heard a lovely talk about a Buddhist view of generosity. As the teacher described it, generosity is, begins with, and grows from "the determination to be generous". As we continue to practice generosity, what grows is our determination.

This really got me thinking. There is no measure of what is enough or too much - what might be within my comfort zone or out of it - no quantifying what it takes to be considered "generous". This teaching is about viewing everything I do as an opportunity to increase my "determination to be generous". Even the smallest gesture can be included. How I answer the phone can be an opportunity to practice increasing my determination to be generous. There is limitless opportunity in this.

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