It is said that here are three kinds of givers, be it the giving of money or time or ability. One is the flint, the second is the sponge, and the third is the honeycomb. Which are you?
To get anything from the flint, you have to hammer away at it. Even then, all you get are chips and sparks. The flint gives nothing away if it can help it. To get anything from the sponge, you have to squeeze it. It obviously yields to pressure: the more it is pressed, the more it gives. Still, it doesn’t give of its own volition. Another has to squeeze it. To receive from the honeycomb, though, all you have to do is collect what freely flows from it. A honeycomb gives its sweetness generously, without pressure, and without being hammered. - from Keith Wagner
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