A Tale of Two Sisters

"It's about sharing.  You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest."
―Lindsay Wagner
 

One sister was in town visiting with another, and they went together to a bookstore.  As they were leaving, there was a man outside asking for help.  One of the sisters went to her car to get a gift card for a fast food restaurant and gave it to the man.  "What a great idea," the other sister said.  The sisters began talking about kindness and being able to help others, both those who really need something and those for whom it is just nice to do something.

The sister who was visiting shared that she recently had been shopping and found a fragrance she really liked.  A young woman who was the sales person told this sister that she really liked it, too, but confided that she could not afford it.  When she was done shopping, the sister bought the perfume and gave it to the sales person.  "It felt so nice to be able to do that," she said.

The kindness of sharing changes us.  It connects us to others -- sometimes to what they need, sometimes to what they would like.  It can also help us shift to a mindset of abundance -- a place where we realize that most of us have more than we need.