Goodness of heart




Midat ha'yesod or 'tov'  - goodness as in, "imru tzadik ki tov" - 'say of the tzadik that he is good' is a measure of how much the person wants to give over.
That is, regardless of the measure of chesed - kindess or gevura - strictness that a person measures in there heart before deciding to give there is yesod.
Kindess says to give because of such and such, strictness says not to because of such and such. 
You then may give anyways out of the 'goodness' in your heart (or out of mercy).
The good person gives because it is simply in his nature to give more.

This is different than the giving anyways because of midat ha'tiferet - having mercy. 
when they do not deserve to be given:
'Mercy' is giving anway because you are concentrating on their lowness, regardless of whether or not you inherently want to give.
'Goodness' is giving regardless of where they are holding since it is in your nature to give.
The giving of 'chesed' - kindness is 'anaf hachacha' -an ofshoot of wisdom. However, the good nature to give is rooted in 'pnimiyut haratzon' - the depths of one's will.

My question is why does 'mercy' concentrate on the given and goodness on the giver, and not the other way around?
Probably because as you get closer to giving you must reach deeper inside yourself to actually give. 
When mercy fails, you reach deeper to give. 

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