I often encourage generosity. Giving without counting the cost or expecting a return.

But there’s another side to this: allowing people to be kind and generous to you.

It can be humbling, and maybe a little uncomfortable, but in order for us to create a culture of generosity, we have to allow ourselves to be on the receiving end of it too — to allow someone else to give, and to receive gratefully.

And graciously accepting a generous act can be a kind of gift if its own.