Proposing the Gift Economy

by Candace Ross

What if………..
Everyone started sharing, just a little bit
With everyone else,
something that they liked to do
and didn’t charge for it?
I like making art and growing plants.
In current society, I have to sell
“things” or my “time” to live.
But if I gave some of my art
And some of my plants away,
And other people gave away some of what they do
Before long our society
Would have a different shape.
I believe we would soon have
More time for “giving”
Than for “selling”.