An Example of Radical Generosity (Monday Moment ep. 587)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

“What’s the kindest thing someone did for you…who didn’t even know you?”

I was asked this unusual question during a recent interview. Although the interviewer likely thought I’d share some story from my time in the hospital, the answer that came to mind actually occurred a decade after the accident. The undeserved and overwhelming generosity that was offered to me though, is something we can all learn from today. Let me explain.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast, Monday morning moments with John
0:19.1	O'Leary.
0:19.6	I record these each and every week so you and I can begin our days, these Mondays, and
0:24.2	our weeks in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration.
0:29.5	And who better to light us up with a little bit of inspiration for the week than my buddy.
0:33.2	Oscar Wilde. Wilde writes this.
0:36.9	The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest
0:41.0	intention. The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
0:50.0	What's the kindest thing someone did for you? Who didn't even know you? So I was asked this
0:58.0	unusual question during a recent interview, although the interviewer likely thought I'd share
1:03.0	some story for my time in a hospital bed. The answer that came to mind actually occurred a
1:08.1	decade after the accident, after being released from that hospital
1:11.9	bed. The undeserved and overwhelming generosity that was offered to me, though, is something we can
1:19.3	all learn from today. Let me tell you more about it. While many of my college friends were
1:25.3	packing their swimsuits and coolers to party beachside for spring break freshman year of college,
1:31.2	I'd saved my money to visit friends attending college in Boston.
1:36.1	It was a bit of an atypical spring break, but we had a blast.
1:41.3	We toured the beautiful city of Boston. We skied a couple days in Vermont. We visited a
1:47.4	friend who lived down in Providence and generally acted like 19-year-old kids. After a few days,
1:54.1	staying out a little too late, getting up a little too early, and running a little too fast,
2:00.0	O'Leary got sick.
2:01.6	I know I got sick.
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