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GENEROSITY

GENEROSITY. “The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.” Walt Whitman . How can we be Generous?. Giving money Giving your time Doing something nice for someone and not expecting anything in return. GIVING MONEY. These are all types of generosity: Trick or Treat for UNICEF

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GENEROSITY

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  1. GENEROSITY “The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.” Walt Whitman

  2. How can we be Generous? • Giving money • Giving your time • Doing something nice for someone and not expecting anything in return

  3. GIVING MONEY These are all types of generosity: Trick or Treat for UNICEF Patriot Flight Alabama/Auburn food Drive

  4. GIVING OF YOUR TIME Helping an elderly neighbor mow their yard Sending someone a get well card Making a nice phone call to say hello

  5. DOING SOMETHING NICE WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF REPAYMENT Giving someone your snack during break Paying for someone’s food at McDonald’s without them knowing it Giving toys to the less fortunate at Christmas

  6. READ THE FOLLOWING STORY:

  7. I was in the convenience store portion of my local Chevron station one morning roughly two weeks ago to buy milk, and a young man was buying $6.00 worth of gas – he was using four $1 bills and a bunch of change to do so.

  8. I could see the stress on his face and, for whatever reason, I just said to the clerk, “Put another $20 on his pump number.” The kid almost started to cry – he said he wasn’t sure the $6 was even going to get him to and from work that day, but the job was new and he desperately needed to get to it in order to keep it.

  9. I really felt sorry for this soul and I wound up nearly filling his tank (this is very unlike me), giving the clerk $50 rather than the original $20, while he stood there in disbelief. Apparently after I left, and he was done pumping his gas, he went back into the store and asked them if they knew me. They told him that yes, I was an occasional customer, but they did not know my name.

  10. I went into the store Tuesday morning of this week because, when trying to pump my own gas, my card would not process through the pump – the first time this has EVER happened to me. The owner was VERY happy to see me – he had an envelope for me with my $50 in cash and a note from the young man which reads:

  11. “Thank you to my guardian angel. I got my first paycheck on Friday and I need to pay you back for your kindness. You saved my job – and my life. I will try hard to pay this forward to somebody else in need. I will never forget you and I hope to see you again so that I can say this to your face.” And he signed it with his name and address.

  12. Turns out he is a neighbor of sorts (several blocks away) and I feel sure that I will, indeed, see him again someday.

  13. There is some strange cosmic reason that my card could not be read that day causing me to walk into the store – and there is some strange cosmic reason that my uncharacteristic ‘good deed’ got such a strong and positive payback.

  14. I just know that I will follow my ‘gut’ a whole lot more in the future. Hopefully, my story will encourage others to ‘pay forward’ their own good fortune from time to time to someone in need in these uncertain economic times.

  15. How can you “Pay it Forward”? (If video doesn’t start, click on link below) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxEf43dV_TM&feature=related

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