I am grateful through the years
for all those who have shown me generosity…
Those still living…and those already gone…
For allowing me to experience
the wonderful feeling when receiving their generosity
as well as the pleasure of passing it on.
Perhaps it’s time the words of Khalil Gibran
we read…digest and heed:
Generosity is giving more than you can
and pride is taking less than you need.
Forty five years since the year that we first met
you've been a major part and influence in my life
What I have observed dear Lindy
a caring loving mother, a caring loving wife
Blessed with many skills
which so willingly you often share
We feel it all around us
as you show how much you care
Much generosity you embrace
to all you see in need
Such a loving heart
is what I see indeed
May today be very special and your journey
for many years continue forward
So proud to be your friend
I have been gifted much reward
Yet, if I lend it to you
Fairly, I need lend it to everyone,
Or have my motivations called into question
Acknowledging with conscientious grace
Always offering a kind smiling face
No brow beatings when someone nears
Cheerful greetings alleviate fears
Let those through the doors before yourself
Retrieve the book, the higher shelf
Pipe the answer they fail to see
Feed the fires of waning glee
The wind blows; so bends the tree
Fulfill the needs that fall to thee
A goodly mission,
But what pay is my part?
A kinder disposition,
A compassionate heart.
Wandering the world
in far-flung foreign lands
I found myself
in the capable hands
of total strangers
whose innate curiosity
was matched only
by overt generosity
poor tho' they were
yet never complaining
their politeness and hospitality
was life-sustaining
one can only hope
should they call my name
I am able to repay the favour
and gratefully provide the same
Does not the beggars palm lend charity,
And thus the heart the sweeter sense?
Thy alms given before his eyes
Bear the fruit of man's enterprise
And promise of life’s reverence.
In sweet vapors ascend with thee
Soothing airs of prosperity.
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wallet open wide~
coins clatter like laughter
on the sidewalk's tongue
Every time I see children playing
With their respective mothers,
How lucky they are! I tell to myself.
Hiding my tears under my eyelids,
I console myself for having lost
My mother when I was just a baby.
She was an epitome of kindness,
What her contemporaries tell me.
She was generosity incarnate,
The members of our family describe her.
If I’m given the power to travel back in time,
I would like to alter her death and see
How she looked like and get back
Her love that I’ve lost all these years.
I would like to sleep on her lap
Forgetting the world around me.
To make a light and pillowy kindness soufflé, you need:
two cups of generosity
a tablespoon of compassion
a teaspoon of melted tenderness
and a packet of goodness
Combine the generosity, compassion, and tenderness
and mix until it has an even consistency.
Whisk the goodness and pour it into the mixture.
Cook until golden brown.
Once it has cooled, serve it charitably.
There's plenty for everyone.
What matters most is a heart of gold,
With kindness that shines like rays of sun,
A spirit eager to share its joy,
A blanket against the storm’s harsh winds.
Kindness heals the deepest wounds,
It calms the wild, tempestuous sea,
And treasures each momentous moment,
Clothed in compassion and generosity.
When I am kind, you are kind, all are kind,
We paint the world with colour and light,
Like rainbows arcing across the sky,
Becoming music that makes hearts rejoice.
A kindness for kindness makes love grow,
It builds bridges across every sorrow,
Spreading swift as a forest fire,
Binding us in gentle unity.
Strike the match—let our hearts ignite,
With the passion that kindness sows,
A chain of smiles glowing bright enough
To melt even the hardest frowns.
Little random acts of kindness
Leaving behind a trail of good deeds
~ scattered seedlings of renewed hope
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 3rd place 2025
Generosity is a beautiful trait
karmic law will gladly reward it multifold
~ start by offering your smile
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
There is no strength in fear and flame,
naught but the bitterness of blame,
which leads us all to guilt and shame,
finger pointing and naming names.
Better still our hearts to open,
forgive and live with hope and
honest emotion,
a chain of grace unbroken,
positive words to be spoken,
and put our heart into motion.
Easier though to give anger it’s head,
to wish all of our enemies dead,
leave no damning word unsaid,
and encourage our hate to spread.
And spread it will unless we stand,
take our enemy by the hand,
strive to understand,
declare our oneness before the land,
grace and tolerance to expand,
love for brotherhood our command.
Eschew the path of the xenophobe,
abandon the notion of a divided globe,
tap well into your temporal lobe,
encourage agape to brightly strobe.
What a world it would be,
if they and us became we,
if you and I began to see,
instead of difference, similarity,
oh, to be so free,
and know my brother is a version of me.
To make a light and pillowy kindness soufflé,
you need: two cups of generosity
a tablespoon of compassion
a teaspoon of melted tenderness
and a packet of goodness
Combine the generosity,
compassion, and tenderness.
Mix until it has an even consistency.
Whisk the goodness and pour it into the mixture.
Cook until golden brown.
Once it has cooled down, serve it charitably.
There is plenty for everyone.
Generosity
The More Used
NOW
The Less There Is
LATER
To Rot Away.
-Gray Squirrel
03-22-2025
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