“The greatest gift is to give a part of yourself”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I want to confess that I am a very absent-minded and forgetful person; as with attention deficit, although my son says that because it is self-diagnosis it is not worth it. I have a hard time paying attention to details and I forget about movies when it says FIN. But what I do remember with fidelity is having held a toothpaste and a toothbrush to give to a grandfather who was lying on a bed in an asylum; Seeing her smile between the lines of her face cast a spell on me. I have recorded the smell of that room, the colors and that feeling of love on his face.
My aunt Irma Ramos was the one who enrolled me along with her children Mayra and Aarón in a church program where they took us to visit nursing homes and orphanages. It was shocking but I appreciate the gift of making me more sensitive to the lives of others.
Beyond the definition we give it, generosity resides in a compassionate attitude that allows us to bond through love with those around us. Giving without expecting a benefit or reward and simply motivated by the desire to benefit and help others; this is being generous.
And what can we give?
There is always, always something to offer.
Every day we can practice and exercise being generous with simple but meaningful acts for others such as a smile that generates acceptance in the other, a silence that avoids an argument, a good morning that makes us feel that we are there for someone, answer a message and ask with love: “How can I help you?”
When we share without the fear of losing what we have, a flow of abundance in our lives. And I insist, it is not only about material objects, it is giving love, listening, attention, presence and of our heart and soul.
