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generosity…

17 Sunday Oct 2021

Posted by sulis303 in family, life, moments, retirement, Uncategorized

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I’ve been thinking about generosity quite a bit lately…

recently a friend treated me to dinner and another one to lunch… such a gift;-)…

when I think of generosity, I think of generosity of spirit, kindness, and sharing the wealth as much as possible…

I think of my dad, who taught me to be kind and treat people nicely… he would have given anyone the shirt off his back…

I remember whenever he or my mom were sick and in hospital, it would be my job to fetch nuts and chocolates from Morden’s to share with the staff… that was something we did to thank individuals and groups for their help…

many years ago a colleague suggested that I did nice things for others to get attention and compliments… they were not able to understand that this generosity habit was part of who I am…

thanking those around me just seems to be ingrained in me…

for many years I would treat colleagues to flowers, chocolate and/or nuts, or something else I made, to celebrate special events… often my anniversaries or birthday… it was always great to see their enjoyment of whatever the treat happened to be…

it also brings much happiness and always reminds me of my dad…

nowadays, I am working toward sharing with others in as many ways as I can…

what makes you generous;-)…

Generosity…

19 Tuesday Feb 2013

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able to hear and appreciate, accepting without deflecting, artistic abilities, eye for design, generosity, living in the moment, take the time

today I received three very generous comments regarding my artistic abilities…

one was from someone who wants to have some of my flower pictures blown up to use as art on their wall…

another was a comment on some videos that I recently took…

the final one was someone reminding me about my excellent eye for design…

luckily for me, I was in the right space to hear and appreciate each of the comments, and I find that doesn’t always happen…

often when we see something that is well done we don’t take the time to compliment the appropriate person or persons because we are in a hurry or busy or whatever…

I think this is an example of living in the moment and I’m rather proud of myself for accepting all of the compliments without deflecting them…

carnation from Valentine bouquet...

carnation from Valentine bouquet…

Hospitality…

20 Thursday Dec 2012

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chocolates, cycle, generosity, hospitality, legacy, moving forward, sounding board, traditions

sitting in the living room in the dark, except for the glowing Christmas trees on the fish tank, I remember my love… he would have either been excited that Christmas was coming, or grumpy because things weren’t all done…

the stained glass, trees, fish and snail...

the stained glass, trees, fish and snail…

going to Morden’s would be on his list, because it wouldn’t be Christmas without Morden’s chocolates as one of my, and the girls, gifts… he would also pick chocolate and nuts up for my work and his work… tomorrow I am going to Morden’s because we need that chocolate, and so I have to put on the big girl pants… I am going with a lovely young woman who makes me smile…

we had a number of celebrations at the office today…  it was one person’s birthday, and another colleague’s last day, as she is leaving to pursue her dreams, so we had a small gathering to say farewell… and at the end of the day, we toasted the wonderful year we have had…  the people I work with come from many backgrounds and are quite amazing… every day I am happy to get up and go into the workplace… how wonderful is that…

yesterday I talked about how I missed having George to bounce things off of… today has been the first full cycle of him not being around for that type of conversation… the day he died I learned something and was waiting to talk with him about it, and today, it came to pass…  hard to believe he has been gone so long… there would have been a number of conversations in the hot tub as I worked through my feelings…

watching people sharing reminds me so much of George, who was generous with me and everyone he came into contact with…  I have watched the girls grow up and follow in his footsteps with their generosity… whether it is with things, time, spirit or hospitality they share with others…

what a legacy…

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