Inconsistency

Its hard to be honest if we are not honest with ourselves.

It’s easy to donate money if you have an abundance of it. However, it’s much more difficult to live a life of generosity if you see the world through dollars and cents.

One generous act can fuel us to do more, but it can also seduce us into believing we have done enough. Perhaps the intention was to fulfill a need for identity—to point and say, “I am a nice person.” Is this really generous, then?

The better approach is to do things—not for an internal narrative but to change our internal narrative. Not for a key to the city. Not to soothe ourselves. But to do.

It’s much harder to live a life that does not harm than to live a life that does good things.