I know that all words and no pictures on a blog is a bit boring. I'm working on it! I just had to post this because I can't get it out of my head. Some friends of ours gave us this quote in a Christmas card. (Thanks Paula and Jeff!!) I love it! I hope I can think of charity this way and become more charitable. (Tha'ts as far as I got with New Year's resolutions, but for me it's a tall order :))
"We often equate charity with visiting the sick, taking in casseroles to those in need, or sharing our excess with those who are less fortunate. But really, true charity is much, much more.
Real charity is not something you give away, it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself. And when the virtue of charity becomes implanted in your heart, you are never the same again...
Prehaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don't judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone's differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended.
Charity is refusing to take advantage of another's weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us.
Charity is expecting the best of each other." Elder Marvin J. Ashton (April Conference, 1992)
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