99 word prompt : generosity
April 15, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that seeds generosity. Who is generous and why? Think of generosity as planting a future outcome. Go where the prompt leads!
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The prophet spoke to his followers:
Look not at what generosity is, but what it isn’t.
Give money to a drug addict, or an alcoholic, you’re helping him step into a grave.
Give money to a narcissist and you’ve just robbed yourself.
Give money to a child as you apologize for missing her soccer practice, you’re teaching her that money is more important than love.
Unless money is given without the need for repayment, it is nothing more than spiritual extortion. Give generously of your love. Kind words used generously will heal.
Then he passed around the collection plate.
Good observation: “Give money to a narcissist and you’ve just robbed yourself.”
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Looks you’ve run into a few of them, too.
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Fantastic last lines.
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Thanks. 😊
I had a lot of fun with this one.
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You’re welcome!
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The collection plate. An ending that’s guaranteed to happen.
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Every d@#$%d time. 😊
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I see what you did there.
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A bit of irony thrown in with the sarcasm. 🙂
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Lots of wisdom followed by the well-placed irony.
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Nuggets of truth can often be found in the strangest of places.
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In a nutshell, and the collection plate.
You nailed this!
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Thanks. 😊
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And the prophet profited for even the prophet needed some bread.
(yeah, you nailed this, beginning, middle and bang! that end)
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Thanks. 😊
Lots of fun to do this one.
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I’ve seen too many of those collection plates that tell us to give to the poor, while the collection plates make them richer.
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The message becomes lost among the coins clinking in the collection plate.
It took me a while to understand why there’s a velvet lining at the bottom of most of those collection plates. 😊
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It only softens the first few. The church my parents attended moved away from coins to envelopes with notes. Now they probably do credit card or direct debit. 🙂
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No doubt there is digital tithing available. That way, nobody knows what you gave except the gossipy office staff.
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I think you’re right about that. Unless they are also good at sharing. 😂
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