Wisdom from Joan Sheen Cunningham

My uncle’s generous reputation preceded him, and often people came right up to him on the street and asked him for money. He never refused them, even when I suspected that they weren’t being honest about their needs and were taking advantage of my uncle. Sometimes I would ask, ‘What if that person’s not telling the truth?’ His reply was always the same: ‘I can’t take that chance.’

—Joan Sheen Cunningham from My Uncle Fulton Sheen