Category: Generosity & Kindness

Next week is Thanksgiving – a time to be grateful for the countless blessings we so often overlook throughout the preceding months. Yes, covid may be inconvenient, but I guarantee that this year – perhaps even more than any other year – we still have a great deal to be thankful for. I use the word “inconvenient” because far too many people in the United States still choose to look at this pandemic without concern, compassion or empathy. We’re angry that the normalcy we’ve come to expect without fail - like a cherished friend or an old, loyal dog - has been so drastically disrupted. We almost don’t know how to survive with the balance in our lives so completely altered. When that happens, the anger intensifies rather than learning…

“If material things are what you’re talking about when you say, “I’m blessed” – you have no idea what a blessing is.” – DailyKarmaQuotes.com I came across this quote earlier in the week on Facebook – right around the time much of Colorado was blanketed with half a foot of snow and temperatures were hovering in the teens. A rarity these days, I found myself driving to the post office to drop off a package for work – a strange feeling as much of my time is now spent isolated inside my home. Little did I know that day I’d discover that sometimes I have no idea what a blessing is. It was late in the afternoon and the sun had already begun its decent behind the mountainous backdrop –…

“Poor people are, as a rule, a bit more generous. We understand what it might be like to have to beg even if we have never done it ourselves. In fact, there’s data to back me up. The latest research shows that people of low socioeconomic status are more likely to be altruistic than their higher-class counterparts. In 2011, the bottom 20 percent of earners gave a higher percentage of their wealth away than the top 20 percent.” ― Linda Tirado, Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America During these times of staying close to home, I’ve been trying to educate myself more on so many of the problems which plague our great country. I’ve gone through four eye-opening and profound books on racism before turning my attention to homelessness and poor…

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, main character Atticus Finch says, “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” What real courage is. The message that Atticus Finch provides us is simple yet poignant and so often overlooked in our society. A quick search on Merriam-Webster reveals their definition of courage to be, “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere and withstand danger, fear or difficulty. That definition fully supports the message Atticus Finch provides us. However, what it doesn’t support is society’s view that courage is about being tough, macho, bullying,…