If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a
loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the
angels give.- George MacDonald
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to
have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject
and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul
generated by love. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
All you have shall some day be given;
Therefore give now, that the season of giving
may be yours and not your inheritors.- Kahlil Gibran
A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone
in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and
the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler
saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did
so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good
fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a
lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the
wise woman.
"I've been thinking," he said, "I know how valuable the stone is, but
I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more
precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me
the stone." - The Wise Woman's Stone
