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True Generosity

eric mccarty
2 min readFeb 18, 2022

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True Generosity — Prose — Poetry — Headless Now — Moca McCarty Photo

It’s true generosity:

it’s considered true generosity, spontaneous, and equal in both giving and receiving — this is really just being aligned with nature, living in accordance to the natural rhythm of life. Every moment is one of true generosity, that we give even without our conscious knowing, and through this gain the support of all the world. Our breath is one example, air cleansed by trees and other greenery as if tailored for our lungs alone, and in return we offer our exhalation, filled with carbon dioxide and used in their own production of energy. It’s a beneficial breath, drawn and exhaled, generous by its very nature.

it’s similar to the host of microbes that call our bodies home, infinite numbers living on our skin and other organs. They are so vast as to outnumber human cells, our own identity really being one of sharing, of many living things in cooperation for the benefit of the whole. Microbes protect us and guard against harmful bacteria, they produce specific vitamins that our bodies won’t make on their own, and their presence serves for harmonious intestinal health. We are generous through our entire bodies, giving ourselves as space in return for every benefit they provide.

this is true generosity.

it’s what we are.

there’s really no need to practice this, it’s natural, spontaneous, and to…

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eric mccarty
eric mccarty

Written by eric mccarty

Writer, prose poetry, meditation teacher and lifetime student

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