[Magdalen] whose theology is this?

[Molly Wolf]

I believe it's been documented that giving as a percentage of earning tends to be in inverse proportion to income.  The poor give more of their little than the rich do of their plenty.  There are exceptions, like J.K. Rowling, but even generous people like Bill and Melinda Gates don't dig very deep.

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

On Mar 4, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

>> Why is it that the people who have the least are the most apt to be the
>> first to help? When I was doing home health, it was the poorest people on
>> my route who insisted on sharing their meals, however meager they might be
> 
> Are they more apt to do this, or do we simply notice it much more when people are obviously poor but share anyway because it seems more remarkable than say, a friend picking up the check after lunch?
> 
> I suspect that most people are generous like this, but we don’t notice it when there's not a seeming disconnect with economic status.
> 
> And to turn this around, how many times, say, in a situation where one is visiting people in that situation, do we even think to bring a lunch along that can be shared?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>