The Gift of
GenerosityBy Georgia Smith-Lyle , MA , LPC-S
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One story was told of how this young man picked up a homeless man from the roadside one day and befriended him . He spent an hour or so with the homeless man getting to know him a little . The generosity of giving of our time is valuable to others , particularly those who are less fortunate in not having many friends . This was the first way the homeless man began to feel special … someone actually stopped to make time for him . After spending a little time , the young man took the homeless man to the grocery store for groceries which were much needed by the homeless man . The young man
the opportunity of knowing a young man whose heart of generosity spoke volumes to me . He had such a generous and giving heart for people he would meet who were homeless and had no place to go and who didn ’ t know when their next meal would be .
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did not judge the homeless man by assuming be was a drug addict or had some kind of mental breakdown . The homeless man was accepted in his condition … not for what he looked like or where he lived at the time . The young man ’ s heart was moved with compassion to help someone who was obviously less fortunate than him . He spent time and money on this one homeless man .
I ’ m sure the homeless man was thankful and touched by the generosity of the young man , but the one affected the most by this act was the young man . He still tells the story to this day about how impacted he was by the life of the homeless man . The impact for both these lives was love through a heart of generosity . This young man is my younger son and the day he did this for the homeless man taught me more about the gift of generosity .
Another story that really hits home is about me . There was a time in my college days I lived in an apartment alone . I was going through a difficult time and had no money to buy food . After about two weeks of living on practically nothing but water and