Generosity and service

- [Instructor] Mindfulness training allows you to bring dignity and wholehearted care to whatever you do. Martin Luther King described this spirit when he said, "If a man is called to sweep streets for a living, he should sweep like Michelangelo painted, like Beethoven composed music, like Shakespeare wrote his poetry." As we've seen, the mindfulness and compassion that helps you be present for yourself also helps you connect more fully with others. When you feel connected to someone, your concern and generosity grows not as an onerous responsibility or because you're supposed to be generous but because with growing mindfulness and compassion, you feel a natural relatedness. You're sensitive to their happiness and struggles, and it's natural to help. As Mother Teresa puts it, "You no longer draw your family circle too small." Generosity at work or in our life is not about saintly behavior but simple human caring. Our…