Some of the many things I am grateful for: my loving family, wonderful friends, meaningful work, very good health, deep spiritual practice...Gratitude, the simple and profound feeling of being thankful, is the foundation of all generosity. I am generous when I believe that right now, right here, in this form and this place, I am myself being given what I need. Generosity requires that we relinquish something, and this is impossible if we are not glad for what we have. Otherwise the giving hand closes into a fist and won’t let go.
--Sallie Jiko Tisdale, "As if There is Nothing to Lose"
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