Giving

We live
Not with
What we brought
But by
The generous giving
Of others

Even our being,
In short,
Is someone’s giving

By giving we live
By withholding we perish

In any case,
What we have
And what we are
One day
We will be giving

Therefore,
It is better
That we give today
And give that
Voluntarily

Give,
And give now

Give
Not so much what we have
But give
Just our-selves

Give,
And give now
We
Like the trees and the cattle
Give
Not only
For the deserving
But also
For the undeserving;

Today,
We give
The smile they need
The time they require

We give
Not for ourselves
But for others;
Therefore,
We give
Not for recognition
And not for manipulation;
We give
Not for acknowledgement

We give
To those who ask
And
To those who ask not

We give
Because
We believe
In life

And
We live
Only by giving

Henry Victor 26.06.2001