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The Golden Ladder

Today I would like to share some thoughts on giving/generosity.

These are saying that I have discovered as I learn and increase my personal growth.

” In charity there is no excess “

To me this is such a simple way to describe where my head space should be when I am thinking about giving.

The next powerful quote comes the 12th Century from Maimonides

“Anticipate charity by preventing poverty
help your fellow man who is in reduced circumstances, either by a substantial gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade or by finding him some means of employment so that he may earn an honest living and not be obliged to to pursue the grim option of begging for charity.

This is the highest rung and summit of the golden ladder of charity”

So in today’s global financial crisis maybe we can learn from history to help us deal with poverty and be more giving.

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