Developing Generosity

Hello everyone!
 
I hope you are off to a good December.   This season is a great opportunity to help people think more intentionally about giving, about helping others, and about how we can make generosity a way of life instead of simply something we do for a season.  I have talked before about how we orient and train donors and volunteers on what to expect from our organizations.   We help them to see what relationships mean when they give or volunteer with us.  Shaping expectations helps to shape behavior.  When I know I am valued by an organization I support, it creates an impetus for me to begin to engage with them differently.  Then as they lead me into new opportunities, I am not only more willing, but I begin to catalyze behaviors that engage me.  
 
I hope that this month you take time to ask the question: What are we doing to help our donors know we care and then to lead them into the actions of caring, and affirm them in these actions?   Love, Lead, Love.   I so appreciate all of you and the decision you have made to make giving a way of life.
 
This month causes me to reflect deeper on how much I love people and the choice we make to love all people.  Many of you have heard me say often that people are messy.  Well, I am messy, and people have chosen to love me.  I choose to do the same.   Thank you for choosing to show others they matter and for giving of yourselves to show that love.   You are a great blessing.
 
Have a blessed Christmas and New Year!
 
God bless you.
 
Warmly,
Jamie