The session also covered our ability to make a choice and how we interpret the choices that are given to us in our lives...where we actually choose to invest our time and energy and how that impacts on ourselves and others. This lead to discussion on the application of knowledge and wisdom concerning generosity.
The reflection centered on the beautiful quote from Mother Theresa, and several pearls of wisdom resulted!! A delightful gift to us all to complete the session..thank you everyone for sharing so generously of yourselves! I look forward to seeing you next Saturday!
Session 3 Generosity: Reflection
“If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway…
You see in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.”
Mother Theresa
Christian missionary
Winner 1979 Nobel Peace Prize
“If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway…
You see in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.”
Mother Theresa
Christian missionary
Winner 1979 Nobel Peace Prize
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Hi Ann
That was a very nice piece of advice from Mother Theresa. The parts that resonated the most with me were the last two lines:
"You see in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway."
I find this to be so true because we don't really know what people are thinking even if we have all the facts and stats to "back up" our point of view.
And I can vouch for that...
the number of times that Jon and I have discussed an issue on reflection and found what we thought each other was thinking turned out to be all in our heads!
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