GENEROSITY


Generosity is a philosophy that I struggled with up until 15 months ago or so. I think that generosity is important. So important in fact that I don't believe one will achieve their goals without being extremely generous. I had set some goals to give of myself this year and I wasn't really sure how I was going to do it. I fell short of my giving goals last year and I want to get better at it in 2007.


I listened to Dave Ramsey interview the secret santa from Kansas City, Mo one day on his radio station and became inspired to give outside my comfort zone and create a new comfort zone for myself. I really got the opportunity to do that today.


I was at my favorite restaurant today and I was standing in line picking up food for some people at work, and I got a real conviction to give to someone in the restaurant. Behind me in line was a young father and his son, and I gave a ten dollar bill to the cashier and told him to let that take care of those two meals.


I felt really strange after doing that. I ran out of the restaurant with my food and got in my car and sped away. What a weird feeling. Later in the evening, I thought, what a good feeling helping someone anonymously is. I am going to try to do this once a month while on baby step 2 of my total money makeover. I think that giving is one of the best ways there is to bless the giver and receiver. What a great feeling I had for the rest of the evening at work. Well that is all for this post. Just thought I would put these feelings into words to better prepare me for baby step 7 which is build wealth and give a bunch of it away.


The proverb says the borrower is slave to the lender, and I am trying to become a generous slave on my way to freedom. Freedom from debt and stress and living paycheck to paycheck. Freedom to give as I want and become a better person.