GENEROSITY - Mar 2011
Gregory Payne III was cleaning up his grandmother’s backyard in Richmond, Indiana last spring.
He noticed a pile of folders on the side of the highway adjacent to her property. He opened the folders and discovered $1,400 in cash along with several documents. They belonged to a local charity. He told his grandmother and the two of them contacted the agency to return the folders, including the cash. The folders had been stolen from a safe. What impressed the CEO of the agency was that Gregory Payne III was seven years old and already so generous.
At what age does generosity start becoming a part of who we are as moral and ethical people? What causes us to stop being generous? And why do we stop expecting others to be generous, even a seven-year-old? Are your expectations low for your own generosity? How about for others to be generous?
Some of the questions we’ll ponder this month.
Cheers, Kate Walker
At what age does generosity start becoming a part of who we are as moral and ethical people? What causes us to stop being generous? And why do we stop expecting others to be generous, even a seven-year-old? Are your expectations low for your own generosity? How about for others to be generous?
Some of the questions we’ll ponder this month.
Cheers, Kate Walker
