I sent her $100 via a payment app and walked away. When the thought first popped into my head, I noticed inner voices that told me it was a bad idea: “What if she wastes the money?” “Won’t this make her too lazy to take a job that might help her?” “She doesn’t deserve it.” Until that moment, I had always listened to those voices and leaned away from discomfort. However, this is the whole point of embracing the gift mindset and practicing generosity. It exposes our default scripts about how we think the world should work and opens us up to new possibilities.
