Are you mindful with your generosity? How else do you know when and how to find the right balance with it? If you are not mindful of your generous acts, then I think it is too easy to check out on facts. Generosity should be directed where it is needed most. Sometimes that means taking care of yourself first and foremost. Then, at other times, you can take care of others. Avoid mindlessly wandering down the path of destruction.
Tell the rich of the midnight sighing of the poor, lest heedlessness lead them into the path of destruction, and deprive them of the Tree of Wealth. To give and to be generous are attributes of Mine; well is it with them that adorn themself with My virtues.
-Bahá’u’lláh
Happiness is not always easily won. Sometimes it takes a lot of practice and effort to protect our well-being and our potential joy. It is worth it, though. The generosity of others will help carry us through tough times, and those moments can also serve as helpful reminders of why we should freely pay it back whenever and wherever we can. That is how we can all begin to spread happiness across earth. It is a very worthy pursuit.
Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.
-José Martí
I am going to be generous with myself by taking the next two weeks off because I need to mindfully balance my time, too. I look forward to returning with a new cycle after a fortnight (plus the two days between now and then of course). I need to rest and reset.
In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.
-Elizabeth Gilbert
Consider how generous you are with your voice. Do you use it sincerely? Are you mindful of your words? Can you use your voice with generosity towards yourself and all others?
Maybe it is wise. Maybe it is dumb. Time will tell.