My good friend Paul Lyons is one of the funniest, and nicest, comics I have ever been blessed by meeting. He has an amazing outlook on life, joy and the gift of just being alive. If you have the chance to see him perform, don't miss it.
One of the gifts Paul gives to me and others is conversation. We talk about Paul's belief that we all move too quickly. We are in a hurry to "get somewhere", "accomplish something" or "grab a bigger slice of the pie". He often wonders out loud, "what do we miss when we rush on by?"
Paul recently told me about something he does every once in a while to really make people "slow down". He gets about 7 or 8 dollar bills and gives them away one at a time to strangers out in the world. Paul reports that the reactions go from disbelief, that someone would give away money without strings, to excitement and eventually to laughter and lightness for the whole group of strangers.
What a neat exercise! Imagine, meeting someone and having them be generous to you for no good reason. Especially now, at a time when we put so much fear and anxiety onto our money. Paul is running counter to the culture, but in sync with the Holy.
Do you have 7 or 8 dollars that you could give away today? Go to the mall, the bus, the airport, or how about your local IRS office! Go and hand out some generosity and watch what happens to people.
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