Generosity is...

...not just giving for free.

Generosity is also characterized by a willingness to sell.  A willingness to offer a good or service to another at a fair and worthy price.

Rabbi Daniel Lapin shares two profound and revolutionary ideas on this topic.

The first focuses on the idea that money is nothing but a certificate of good deed.  The second deals with the idea that if you are taking money from someone you are a thief, but if you are making money you are a servant.

To make money means to create value, which is by definition an act of generosity.

To be clear, in a spirit of generosity we should at times give freely and openly.  But if our definition of generosity is limited to only giving things for free then it is myopic at best.

Holistic generosity most also include a willingness to sell.