Generosity: The Mother Lode of Innovative Service

Gem mining is a fun route to a granddaughter’s heart. We had our three granddaughters for the weekend and took them gem mining in the North Georgia Mountains. Granted the buckets of sand are previously salted with semi-precious stones collectively worth less than the $10 you pay for each bucket. But, that is not a “truth-in-mining” fact a five-year old cares to hear about.

The gem-mining place we chose was a mineshaft of innovative service. The exterior was littered with bright colored rocks p...