This is http://www.essayz.com/a9710142.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %PERFECT GIVING SAFETY RETURN INVEST YIELD GENEROUS+971014 %LETTING GO CHOICE SELF OTHER FREELY FRUITS GOOD+971014 %APPRECIATE BALANCE CHEERFUL PRUDENT HEALTH HONEST 971014 Wherein and how may we perfect our giving/investing? 1. In the yield of the return from giving? 2. In the self-less generosity of the giving? 3. In the abandonment of letting-go of what we give? 4. In the choice of to whom we give? 5. In the amount of whatever we give? 6. In the choice of what we give? 7. In how much of our own self we give? 8. In how freely and without strings we give? 9. In how thoughtfully and carefully we give? 10. In the kind of fruits which grow from our giving? 11. In how good we feel after we have let go? 12. In the appreciation we receive due to our giving? 13. In the respect we receive due to our giving? 14. In how balanced we are in our giving? 15. In how totally we give all of all that we have? 16. In how cheerfully we give? 17. In how prudently we give? 18. In how healthy we are as we engage in our giving? 19. In how honest we are about ourselves in giving? 20. In the net gain to humanity due to our giving? How concerned need we be or should we be about how well we perfect the art of giving as individuals; as communities? How concerned need we be, or should we be about how perverted is our giving as individuals; as communities? What if we are up-tight in our giving; tense, contentious, ill-at-ease, paranoid? What if we cannot let go of what we cherish --- even after we have "given" it? What if we covet what others have -- as well as what we have kept to make us feel good? Should we be preoccupied with all these question in our giving? Can we transcend preoccupation with these questions and thereby give more perfectly? Can we make sense of giving without giving in? (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================