Fw: [DailyDharma] GIVING: Monday Morning Quote

December 23, 2002

Monday, December 23, 2002 5:32 AM

[DailyDharma] GIVING: Monday Morning Quote

"(Jesus saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury, and

hesaw a poor widow put in two small copper coins): 'Truly, I tell

you,this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them

havecontributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has

putin all she has to live on.Buddha: Giving is the noble expression of

the benevolence of the mighty.Even dust, given in childish innocence,

is a good gift. No gift that isgiven in good faith to a worthy

recipient can be called small; itseffect is so great."What gifts are

we giving this season? It is easy to buy a material giftwith our

"riches" - are there other gifts, that cost so little, but weguard so

preciously, that we could also give? How about that relativewho drives

us batty with his complaining? Can we give her a smile, anear to

listen to what she is really trying to say - perhaps a few wordsof

kindness? We all have someone in our lives who is "estranged" -

canwe make contact with them, give the gift of forgiveness? We do not

haveto list many examples; we all know in our hearts what the "two

coppercoins" are in our own lives, and the difficulty we have even

with thethought of parting from them. "Worthy" - hey, unworthy!

recipients waitfor our benevolence - may we know the "great effect"

of letting go. ~dgThe quotes of Christ and Buddha are from the book,

"Jesus and Buddha,The Parallel Sayings," by Borg, published by

Ulysses Press.Blessings to all. May peace and peace and peace be

everywhere.________________________________May all beings be happy.

May they be free from suffering. May they be at

peace._________________________________Your use of is

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