My kind of Generosity

Dear Friends! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! This weekend I did nothing but relax and read books that inspired my spirit. It was wonderful to immerse myself into a world of hope, beauty and tenderness; in fact, it was the direct continuation of the Mary cards that brought me so much balance the week before. I am still under the calm and reassuring influence of those beautiful Marian messages: I am loved and protected, always looked after and never forgotten. And while I was reading my beautiful books, I marvelled at how God, with all the things He has got to do in the universe, still has got the time to take care of my most minute problems and work on my heart's desires, and how Mary, with all the work She has to do in the universe, still has got the time to know that her soft arms and tender heart are exactly what I need, to send for me personally and to make sure that my heart is turned to Her. We are watched over, kept track of, accounted for and barcoded; as I said at some point, we are safely ticked away in God's filing cabinet.

Today too, I am asking the cards about the energies around me. Having shuffled my Saints and Angels deck, the one I like the most nowadays, I drew the Generosity, the Look Deeper and the Activist cards. This combination is telling me that I am strongly encouraged to look deeper into being generous, to give more of myself to others. Let us just think for one second about what generosity is. There is a beautiful passage in the Bible about generosity that spoke to my heart not too long ago. In Mark 12, 41-44, Jesus watched the people as they put money into the temple treasury. There were many rich people who offered large sums, and then there was a poor widow who only put two very small copper coins into the treasury. The value of these coins amounted to very little, but to this poor old lady who had nothing and lived in extreme poverty, such an offer was a significant sacrifice. Seeing this, Jesus says to His disciples: "Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth, but she, out of her poverty, put in everything - all she had to live on."

These words got me thinking about generosity, and they made me understand that real generosity is about giving something we only have little of. Giving from a lot is also nice, no question about it, but it may not be as much f a sacrifice as giving from little. 

So, what will I give to others that I have little of? I have little time and, often, little patience. At times I have little sympathy (although I have gotten a lot better), and I may also have little modesty. I have little tolerance for certain things, and little attention for things that do not concern me directly. Therefore, my generosity towards others would manifest in giving them more time, patience and sympathy. I should be more tolerant of their faults and more attentive of their needs, and perhaps I should also be more modest and humble. Giving all these things to others would be the true mark of my generosity. 

I have been aware of this already, but today's cards just brought this important reminder back into the forefront of my mind. 

You must be in your office already. I know that, it being Monday, you must be swamped with things to do, but when you have a chance, think: what do you have little of? What form would your generosity take?

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