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Why Give Answer 141: Give, because it’s always summer

May 23, 2013 By Sharon

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. Albert Camus

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. Albert Camus

During the winter, the world goes into survival mode. Animals hibernate and live off their stores of fat. Trees stop gathering light for photosynthesis. They lose their leaves and stop growing.

At times in our life, winter hits all of us, and we focus on our own survival. We move inside ourselves and hunker down.

Sometimes we forget that seasons change.

Eventually, winter has to end to make way for spring when new growth begins. The bear will shake off sleep and lumber out of the cave. The trees grows buds and opens new leaves to the sun. Likewise, it’s time for you to open your eyes, stand tall, take a deep breath, and get ready, because summer is coming.

Summer is about abundance. The long days provide an abundance of sun. The sun provides an abundance of food for the plants who grow taller and bigger. The plants provide an abundance of sustenance for the animals around them who grow healthy and fat.

There is no withdrawing in summer. The plants and animals who withdraw in summer, don’t survive the winter. Summer is about life and living and making the most of the time.

Inside us, there is an invincible summer we can call on throughout the year. That summer is accessed by giving. Your giving creates sunshine in the world that lights up the days of those around you.

Give, because it’s always summer. How are you going to live and make the most of your time here?

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About Sharon

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Throughout my life, I have donated to help animals, the environment, the homeless, the poor, the Food Bank, the Red Cross and more. You name it, and I’ve probably sent them money. Like many others in today’s economy, the few dollars I had left at the end of the month for philanthropy weren’t making a significant difference for the causes I cared most about– until I discovered the power of giving circles.

I'm dedicated to helping people make a big impact on the causes they care about most.

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

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Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them… he cried, “Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?” God said, “I did do something. I made you.” Sufi Teaching

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