Generosity

I am surrounded by lots of really generous folks.

Today is a typical example. I went to visit a friend and her kids, with my little people, for lunch. We were having a good laugh about cracking e-bay and getting some good bargains thru spelling blips. (Intelligent Auction) Anyway I ask her to look at bread makers...... sooooo want one and before I know it I am leaving with hers which has been filling up a space in her garage and a bag of clothes for the littler boy. (Now, if the husband of the friend who may be slightly more attached to it, wants the bread maker back then of course, please take it, no worries.)
I also have a slow cooker, kind of happened the same way, with my sister in law. Please tho do not thinking I am running around blagging stuff!!

My motivation for doing this, our motivation as Mike and I are in this together, this whole challenge, is not to scrimp and save money so that we can pay the bills better and maybe one of these days start some kind of saving plan. No, it is about making far better use of what we have so that we can be in a place to give and share. Whether that be with friends and family or actually be able to make choices which may allow folks in other places to make choices because they are getting a fair price for goods I have bought, for example.

And as I look at Christmas I want to keep generosity at the heart of it. I see ultimate giving in the true Christmas message. So the challenge will be to lose the unnecessary spending, packaging, pressure, but keep the giving and the sharing and celebrate, celebrate, celebrate.

And tomorrow me and the little people are off to the caravan with Granny. Loads of fun but it will be cold. St Andrew's is going to be on the list of things to do and places to go and I have been thinking today that charity shops in St Andrews just could be really worth the look.