Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Creation is an act of generosity. Generosity is an act of creation. To create is to gather the resources available to us and shape them into something new and wondrous for others to experience. To be generous is quite literally the same thing.
And yet, how many times do we cheapen and pollute our works of creation by scribbling our name all over it?
Rather than create for the purpose of inducing wonder, we hastily mix a stew of popular and unhealthy ingredients and tempt others with the result. And our only motive is payback through attention or money.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, wisely explains to us that altruism is creative and permeated with light, while selfishness is destructive and lives in darkness. Generosity is a creative force that moves outward from the self. Selfishness is a destructive force that collapses in on itself. And any attempt at mixing the two so that the self – the ego – gets the credit, only destroys that creation.
Is it any wonder that God’s first known words in history are let there be light as he creates all that is, generously giving us all a place to live, and move, and have our being.
Today, we explore DMLK’s definition of generosity as creation in contrast to selfishness as destruction, emphasizing Jesus’ words when he said, It is more blissful to give than to receive.
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