GIVERS

Someone once said that there are three kinds of givers:

GRUDGE GIVERS

DUTY GIVERS and

THANKS GIVERS

Grudge givers say: "I hate to give."

Duty givers say: "I ought to give."

Thanks givers say: "I want to give."

In other words,

Grudge givers give reluctantly

and with a certain feeling of resentment.

Duty givers give reluctantly, too.

but with a certain feeling of obligation.

Thanks givers, on the other hand,

give from the heart, without any feeling

of resentment or obligation.

Thanks givers give under no pressure.

under no obligation.

from the heart.

(Reflection on Mk 12:41-44)