The three kinds of giving make sense to me. I've certainly done a good deal of the beggarly giving, that is, giving only the least of what I have. I've done a great deal of friendly giving, that is, sharing of what I have. I've done the least of kingly giving, that is, giving the best of what I have even if none remains for me. I think the kingly giving I've done has been giving of what I am experiencing such as my thoughts and feelings, which is valuable -- I have seldom given the best of what I have materially even if none remains for me. I've been rather selfish, sad to say. I have done a little more friendly and kingly giving in recent years, happy to say. What I do realize is that kingly giving doesn't really leave me depleted but leaves me with more than I had or more of something I didn't have or had very little of. Kingly giving is difficult for me -- it really is a matter of learning that I don't really own anything, and what I think I have I am only using, and the best use of it is to let it pass through me rather than hold tightly to it.
On Jun 23, 2013 david doane wrote :
The three kinds of giving make sense to me. I've certainly done a good deal of the beggarly giving, that is, giving only the least of what I have. I've done a great deal of friendly giving, that is, sharing of what I have. I've done the least of kingly giving, that is, giving the best of what I have even if none remains for me. I think the kingly giving I've done has been giving of what I am experiencing such as my thoughts and feelings, which is valuable -- I have seldom given the best of what I have materially even if none remains for me. I've been rather selfish, sad to say. I have done a little more friendly and kingly giving in recent years, happy to say. What I do realize is that kingly giving doesn't really leave me depleted but leaves me with more than I had or more of something I didn't have or had very little of. Kingly giving is difficult for me -- it really is a matter of learning that I don't really own anything, and what I think I have I am only using, and the best use of it is to let it pass through me rather than hold tightly to it.