There may be no limit to the various ways we can discipline ourselves in the virtue of generosity, an effort to imitate Christ.

Below is a sampling of the many faces of generosity for your prayer and reflection:

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• Immediately pray for people that make a hurtful comment. Hurtful comments are more about their pain, than yours.

• Giving up your time to teach someone something is very generous.

• Planting milkweed to support the monarchs is generous.

• Sending a note of thanks for many people is generous.

• Taking a parking space that is far away, for the sake of another, is generous.

• Encouragement is an act of generosity.

• Taking the time to pray for others is generous.

• Cleaning out your closets and cupboards for donating is generous.

• Bringing hope to a gloom and doom world is generous.

• Generosity is keeping an extra umbrella in your car, to give it away to someone stuck in the rain.

• Generosity is surprising someone by raking their leaves, shoveling their snow, moving their lawn, or remembering their birthday with a call or a card.

• Cooking a meal for friends and wanting nothing in return is generosity.

• Generosity is holding your tongue when you could add to gossip.

• Generosity is listening deeply.

• Being gentle with yourself as you grow is generous.