Give a little, owe a lot. Part 1
I've been thinking a lot about giving lately. How much do I give? How much do others give me? How do I respond to what I'm given? How do others respond to what I give them? How much do I give without being asked? Do I ask for too much? Is the amount of what I give too little? Is what I have to offer less valuable than what others give? The list goes on, even if it's not written down, and what I realize at the end of the list is that comparison is the worst kind of measurement. The truth is that I don't always have a lot of material things. I've been on both sides of the financial fence: well off and broke. I have worked three jobs at a time and I have been unemployed without unemployment insurance. I have lived with family and lived alone in a two bedroom condo with all the trappings. Call me lazy or uninspired but where I am right now: broke and needy, paycheck to paycheck, no car and very litt