The Inner Work of Asking (Part 3): Do We Trust Generosity?

They told me I owed them nearly $2,000 and needed to pay it immediately.

I had been working at the nonprofit for only three months. The organization had mistakenly failed to deduct the cost of my health insurance from my paychecks. They now wanted the full amount back, and I didn’t have the money.

I called my sister in tears. She listened, helped me calm down, and suggested that I ask the organization to set up a repayment plan I could manage. That was my plan.