Generosity

Sometimes no matter how hard you work

And how hard you try

You just seem to fall short

Financially or spiritually or emotionally or physically 

And you need some help 

And sometimes you’re too afraid to ask 

Because asking means conceding defeat

But people, 

Out of kindness or love or simple pure awesome

Just reach out and say

I’m going to help you 

Like the time(s) when my mum gave up everything so I could have what I needed

Like the time I didn’t have enough money to go to drama school and my dear friend said 

Here is what you need 

And the time I was in drama school and wondered how I was going to pay the rest of my fees and live in London and a stranger said 

Let me help you and gave me a scholarship

And the time I was in NYC and my phone didn’t work and people who I’d met literally the day before gave me their phone 

And the time when my boyfriend was tired and needed him time and still waited in line with me and gave me an extra kiss and held my hand and told me 

It’s all going to be ok

And you have to keep going

You have to keep trying
And then you have to let go
And sometimes ask for a hand

And it helps 

When the kindness of strangers of friends of family

Of people whose paths cross over yours

Extends outward and

Takes a weight off your shoulders and helps you along the way

And reminds you that there is love and light and kindness in this world

Even if it sounds cliched 

And all you can do is say thank you

And hope it sounds as sincere as you want it to 

And hold in your heart that one day you’ll repay it all back ten thousand fold

The end.