Generosity's close partner, gratitude, also makes unceasing contributions to the abundance wellsprings.

Chapter 06
Domain Two
STORY
Again I start with a story, which might seem like a repeat of the generosity-grows-gratitude theme. However, there is a circuitous process that needs to be considered. I began my 30-hour flight from my homeland, inhaling hope, exhaling anxiety. It was time to end my nomadism...
WISDOM LITERATURE
The chapter ends with a merging of abundance with multiple ancient philosophies like Christianity, Taoism and Judaism.
SUMMARY
  • Generosity begets gratitude and gratitude begets generosity.
  • Gratitude and generosity make each other possible.
  • Failure can be both paralyzing and catalytic.
  • Gratitude is a force, a flow of restorative energies.
  • Generosity and gratitude are both gifts of nature.
  • Abundance grows when gratitude-generosity flows freely.
  • It is more blessed to be both giving and receiving.
  • Only when a gift is received does it become a gift.
  • Acceptance of a gift is a gift to the giver.
  • The generosity-gratitude nexus amplifies abundance.
MUSIC
REFLECTIONS
Not only is gratitude a major response to generosity, gratitude contributes substantially to the actual generation of generosity. In short, gratitude and generosity are mutually causal. I will examine gratitude at both the interpersonal and the intrapsychic level.

Tuning In

Tuning into Generosity & Gratitude requires us to stop searching for what we think should be there & instead embrace what is there.

Generosity & Gratitude

Examining the plumbing mechanism that enables the flow of generosity & gratitude.