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The Generosity of the Basket Weaver

  Everyday for my morning pooja I have a small basket to collect flowers from my garden. I specifically use only that basket because it has a beautiful memory associated with it. It reminds me of the generosity of a  basket weaver in Kauai. In 2017, I was visiting the island of Kauai with my family. We were driving  through the rolling green hills admiring the waterfalls along the scenic route. We stopped at a view point to enjoy the scenery. A basket weaver was selling hand woven baskets. I asked the basket weaver how much the basket costs. He  quoted $10. I thought it was over priced and decided against buying it. In our rental car we had a big bag of KFC chicken nuggets. Our 8 year son bought the KFC nuggets but decided not to eat it. Before we left the viewpoint we asked the basket weaver if he wanted the chicken nuggets. He gladly took it and he insisted I take one of his hand woven baskets. I declined because of the price he had quoted earlier but he asked me t...