On Giving

    
Go break to the needy sweet charity’s bread; “For giving is living, and living is giving” the angel said.” And must I be giving again and again?” My peevish and pitiless answer ran. “Oh no,” said the angel, piercing me through, “Just give till GOD stops giving to you.” – UNKNOWN

About Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Retired mathematics teacher and high school athletics coach. Honors: 1988 Ct. Coach of the Year for H.S. Girls Voleyball and 2007 Inducted into the Ct. Women's Volleyball Hall of Fame. Since retiring have written two books; "The Little Red Chair," an autobiography about my life experience as a polio survivor and "A View From The Quiet Corner," a selection of poems and reflections. Presently I am a contributing author for the "Life Carrots" series primarily authored by Dave Mezzapelle of Goliathjobs.com.
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2 Responses to On Giving

  1. This reminded me of how adamant my grandmother was about giving to others. It wasn’t a “nice thing to do” now and then. It was what you did. Period. And she would always follow up with “it’s really something how much can be done when we don’t care who gets the credit”. Love your blog.

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