Feel Good Friday…The Gift of KindnessImagine a world of abundance rather than scarcity, one of contribution rather than consumption, one of connection rather than transaction. When we do kindness for someone, an act that expects no return, no thanks, no reciprocity we are building a circle, an arc of goodness that will bring those things back to us.
Over the last 3 or 4 years, in 3 cities for over 25,000 people the gift economy is real at the Karma Kitchen. When you eat here your bill has already been paid. It was paid “forward” by someone before you. You have been served by a volunteer. The dishes have been washed by volunteers; the rent was paid through someone’s gift. Now it is your turn to pay it forward…and it isn’t just about the bill, the transaction it becomes about the community, the experience, the contribution you are making to all of those things.
Where can you make a gift? Too often we reduce our lives to transactions; what do I have to give to get what I want? How about we just give and stop worrying about what it is we are going to get? Watch this video here:
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2667
Namaste
John
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