Some people want to be seen..

Recently I spent a week with an incredibly generous couple. Fifty seven years of marriage.

Still happy. Still in love. 

As I sat back gleaning from their wisdom, I wondered how generous two people have to be to produce a marriage so healthy, for so long. 

Thankfully, I never asked. 

I watched how generous they were with each other. 

And I listened to how generous they were with others. 

Seamlessly. 

Almost as if it was done in passing. 

Very casually, simply a way of life.

A quiet generosity, yet at the sametime, impactfully loud.

Picture me..

listening to a story about their favorite restaurant, and out of the corner of my ears I hear mention of a woman whom they met. She was lonely, didn’t have any family, and they decided to spend time with her, and take her to her favorite restaurant once a week for lunch.

Or the story of the woman who was dying of cancer with all her family overseas, and how they volunteered to be her caretakers. 

Or the times they were executors of estates for friends and refused to accept payment. 

None of these were the main story. All mentioned in passing.

But..

Wow!

The unordinary seemed so ordinary to them. 

If you look into their marriage, and listen to their stories, deep down you’ll find one thing..

And in a world full of selfish attention seekers, it’s amazing how much it stands out. 

Unintentionally.