gift economies
This abundance of berries feels like a pure gift from the land. I have not earned, paid for, nor labored for them. There is no mathematics of worthiness that reckons I deserve them in any way.
Robin Wall Kimmerer • The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Is not earth, an extention of God, providing what we need? is it not Pride. Greed.Lust.Envy.Gluttony.Wrath.Sloth that keeps that abndance from circulating around each mountian top and valley of the earth. Becuase There is enough, but theres not enough generosity. theres not enough generosity and faith. theres an over production of Greed and capital
... See moreIn a gift economy, wealth is understood as having enough to share, and the practice for dealing with abundance is to give it away. In fact, status is determined not by how much one accumulates, but by how much one gives away. The currency in a gift economy is relationship, which is expressed as gratitude, as interdependence and the ongoing cycles
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