December 2021 | Issue 5 Palliative Care in the Southeast
The Southeast Institute of Innovation in Palliative and Supportive Care ( SIIPSC ) Quarterly Newsletter
When Giving Is All We Have by Alberto Ríos
One river gives Its journey to the next .
We give because someone gave to us . We give because nobody gave to us .
We give because giving has changed us . We give because giving could have changed us .
We have been better for it , We have been wounded by it —
Giving has many faces : It is loud and quiet , Big , though small , diamond in wood-nails .
Its story is old , the plot worn and the pages too , But we read this book , anyway , over and again :
Giving is , first and every time , hand to hand , Mine to yours , yours to mine .
You gave me blue and I gave you yellow . Together we are simple green . You gave me
What you did not have , and I gave you What I had to give — together , we made
Something greater from the difference .