Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you c…

Dorothy Day
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Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do, your giving will be thin and short-lived, and that is not what the poor need; it will only improvish them further. Give only if you have something you must give; give only if you are someone for whom giving is its own reward. ✨ Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation. Book by Parker Palmer, pp. 48-49, 1999.
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