Giving

From my friend Ben Richter:Thought of the Week for June 3rd, 2018

of Giving… 

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”

~Winston S. Churchill“

 moreover… 

“The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.”

~Simon Sinek

 furthermore…

 "The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.”

~Viktor E. Frankl

 conversely…

 “Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.”

~Colin Powell

 inasmuch as...

 "To understand giving, you must first understand how to give. Most everyone only gives to receive. In American Indian culture, giving (doing something) for the dead is the most honorable gift one can do; it is so, because the dead can not possibly give you anything in return."

~Abe "Walking Bear" Sanchez

 in conclusion… 

 “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”

~John Bunyan (circa 1678)

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 a bit of humor…

 “No one has ever become poor by giving.”

~Anne Frank

 “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.”

~Mark Twain