"About you the virtuous, my beauty laughed today. And, thus its voice came to me: 'They still want to be paid." -On the Virtuous, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Who is the true giver?
The giver is not a financier who invokes a debt with her gift.
The giver is not a puppeteer who attaches strings with her gift.
The giver is not a financier who invokes a debt with her gift.
The giver is not a puppeteer who attaches strings with her gift.
The giver is not the insecure who derives strength from anger, meanness, and discourteousness and loathes appearing giving or lenient.
The giver is not the gossip who obsesses about what other's will think of her gift.
The giver is not the gossip who obsesses about what other's will think of her gift.
The giver is not the vain who hopes her good name and reputation will be enhanced by the gift.
The giver is not the selfish who acts only from self-interest
The giver is not the flatter who gives insincere pleasantries in the hopes of influence.
The giver is not the clinger who holds on to those he bestows a gift without letting them go.
The giver is not the despot who demands a certain outcome from her gift.
The giver is not the selfish who acts only from self-interest
The giver is not the flatter who gives insincere pleasantries in the hopes of influence.
The giver is not the clinger who holds on to those he bestows a gift without letting them go.
The giver is not the despot who demands a certain outcome from her gift.
The giver is the truly compassionate, the giver is the universal donor.
Giving for any other reason than the benefaction of the receiver of the gift can turn a gift into a weapon or a one ton lead weight.
Beware feeling smug in righteousness and gift-giving, if you do, it is likely you still want to be paid. Don't be a loan shark, be a true giver.
In the end, the world is a beautiful place because the world is not about you, its about everyone and everything else. That is payment enough. Have you asked yet why you continually forsake this truth?
Giving for any other reason than the benefaction of the receiver of the gift can turn a gift into a weapon or a one ton lead weight.
Beware feeling smug in righteousness and gift-giving, if you do, it is likely you still want to be paid. Don't be a loan shark, be a true giver.
In the end, the world is a beautiful place because the world is not about you, its about everyone and everything else. That is payment enough. Have you asked yet why you continually forsake this truth?
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