Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Giving and Receiving

Many of us believe that giving somehow means we must stop receiving. "Giving" people never ask for anything in return, according to the popular image of the kind and saintly giver. We imagine giving as a purely altruistic, self-sacrificing gesture that precludes any nourishment, playfulness, or personal benefit. Charity seems to want a tinge of martrydom attached to it: Give till it hurts. This is both dangerous and impossible - dangerous because it invites us to try to live without receiving care and nourishment, which is insidiously suicidal and impossible all life is intimately connected in a web of giving and taking, and as long as we are alive we are an integral part of that web. We cannot live on the earth and not give; we cannot live and not receive.

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When we give without taking, it invariably leads to resentment, anger, and frustration. There is no joy in it. Generosity becomes synonymous with sacrifice.

-How, Then, Shall We Live?
Wayne Muller

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