You wanted to work on your dance moves?
Generosity is a dance.
The dance is not in deciding when to be generous to others and when to be generous to yourself.
The dance is knowing they both step together.
When you are generous to others you are being generous to yourself.
And when you are being generous to yourself, you are being generous to others.
When we are not dancing with generosity we are trying to do one or the other.
And when we are dancing with generosity we are doing one and the other.
Be careful not to go too far in one direction.
So how do you know if you’re dancing?
How do you ensure you are not going too far in one direction?
Ask yourself..
Is it just for me?
or
Are others included?
Is it just for others?
or
Am I included?
Part II
Part II of the dance says this…
I’m dancing, but I stumbled.
I misstepped.
I made a donation to an organization and later found out our values don’t align.
I thought I was being generous to someone and it turned out I did more harm than good.
This happens to the best of dancers.
But dancers keep dancing. They know they’re only dancing if they continue.
Once they stop. The dance stops, and so does their generosity.
The great Miles Davis said it like this..
“When you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that makes it good or bad.”
Keep dancing. (progression and not perfection)