On giving
There’s a great blessing
That a selfish person will rarely experience.
The blessing of giving.
There is no better feeling
Than finding a perfect opportunity
To give.
When you know and feel
That this person will be blessed, highly
By this token from me,
No matter how small it seems.
It’s like a ripe fruit that I pluck
That I don’t eat
But rather admire,
Until I hand it back to God.
Giving is such a sweet act.
Because when you’ve been on the other side
Where just a coin can determine
Whether you eat today
Or not,
You know that you are changing a life
With this gesture that seems small
But is the mightiest thing.
In addition to the economic benefit you bestow
You are planting the seed of an oak tree
By telling this person,
I love you,
And you didn’t have to do anything
To deserve my love.
Do you know what that does
In a person’s psyche?
What that does to the world?
It then becomes the norm to extend the hand
To bless.
So when you see
The ripe opportunity to give
Know you have been blessed
With an entryway
Through which the world can be blessed.
Amen.