Indian Generosity???

This happened to us last week. We were in line at Burger King when we ordered our combo meals. It was our Mardi Gras celebration so we ordered a lot of meals and when the drinks came, we asked the staff to either give it free to the next customer. We were in a fairly good mood! We thought, well it could trigger a chain but there was no customer behind us. And the guy who served us, stared at us incredulously, he kept saying 'you paid for this, you should take it.'

And we told him well you go ahead and drink it or give it to some who's thirsty and he just stood there agape. Like 'this is money that you're throwing away.' But we were polite said thanks, but no thanks and left. Now mind you, we weren't being generous. We just didn't want to have any drinks that came with eight teaspoons of sugar.

But is it that hard to fathom someone being generous? In India yes, you can't start a generosity chain at Starbucks because it would never get propagated, you can't send free meals to someone before they start demanding what the hell you want in return. This my friends is the 'Indian mentality.'
I know people who are 'charitable' and then for their charitable donations use tax friendly ways to route their receipts through 80C.  That's Indian charity perfected from a particular money grubbing community on the West coast. But generosity is different from charity! Yes it is!
What is generosity you ask?

Its Lent: be generous, not just with your money, but with your smile, your love, your time, your resources, your kindness, your energy, your words, your laughter, your goodness. Like the sun who gives and gives and never asks anything in return.

Movie I recommend: Its been a while since I saw a good movie that deserved a mention. 'Reclaim' is a fantastic movie. Its about the misery adoption couples go through, their sorrow, pain and a child trafficking/adoption ring. It really inspired me.
Song on my playlist: All this time- Britt Nicole

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