There is a debate out on for/
against generosity.
Generosity also comes with
boundaries and calculations. We decide how much each one deserves or does not
deserve.
But, it’s not that simple, is it?
Much depends on what your mind will allow. And what kind of a nature you have.
Also, what is the percentage of reciprocity you expect.
There are people who, if you ask
for one, will give you three. And there are some who will avoid you and pretend
to be too busy to talk as soon as they sense you are going to approach with a
request.
Sometimes, I wish I was born now
so that there would be no comparative yardstick available for what was and what
is.
The whole imbalance started when
we decided we wanted this and that from others without returning the energy. We
became selfish in our wants to become rats in a rat race to supremacy,
oblivious of any supreme power , ironically, the only power that can make or
mar us.
There was a time when by and
large, trust was returned with trust , generosity was reciprocated and service
was without an agenda. Out of a goodness of the heart that was a pride for the
folks at that time. I have seen those years and it is painful to see how consumed
by avarice and greed people are today. And out to destroy other human beings.
Sharing is out of vogue.
Reciprocity is grudging because otherwise, a useful contact would be lost!
Let’s not even talk about the
rare privilege of having genuinely caring friends, friendship without an
agenda. Even one such friend can bring true joy and you have to be lucky to
have a friend of that calibre!
Such is the world we live in!
Surekha Kothari
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