In the principle of Going the Extra Mile, we are taught that in order to make progress in achieving our definite major purpose in life we must give before we receive.   Most often students say that this is impossible because they have not received their personal windfall, consequently that have no basis from which to give.

St. Francis states that it is in giving that we receive and in pardoning that we are pardoned.  Notice the sequence, first we must be a giver before we can be a receiver.  It doesn't matter that our gift is not financial.  Money is oftentimes looked at as the only worthy gift.  But this is erroneous.  Probably our greatest gift is the gift of our personal time, not our financial resources.  Both are valuable, but the gift of time is something that all the money in the world cannot purchase. ~ Judy Williamson