The world today needs people with great love for the fellowmen to share whatever way possible . It is not the material things that matters rather one must be ready to sacrifice time for others too matters and it creates great amount of positive energy all around. In a busy world, life seem bit busy for every individual. People don’t find time for for oneself even, but it would be finest moment if one is able to find time for people around. That will bring great joy and happiness all around.
The opportunities for giving opening before us on a personal, as well as global, scale are unprecedented. Look around you and find an emerging core need of someone and reach out to help.
Volunteerism is the giving of time to charitable causes and involves working with essential tasks such as teaching illiterate adults to read, mentoring a juvenile offender, assisting in relief agencies, or nursing AIDS babies.
Right now is a wonderful time to be alive, and an especially exciting time to be involved in giving.
From the Talmud we are told, “There are ten strong things. Iron is strong, but fire melts it. Fire is strong, but water quenches it. Water is strong, but the clouds evaporate it. Clouds are strong, but wind drives them away.
Man is strong, but fears cast him down. Fear is strong, but wine allays it. Wine is strong, but sleep overcomes it. Sleep is strong, but death is stronger, but loving kindness survives death.”
After years of living with the coldest realities, I still believe that one reaps what one sows and that to sow kindness is the heart of all investments.”
– Joseph E. Martin, Jr.
Ruth Stafford Peale defines giving in this manner: “Giving is using what you have, both time and resources, for the benefit of others, without regard to the consequences to yourself. This giving is uniquely human and, most certainly, spiritually motivated.”
Mrs. Peale identifies three areas of giving: charity, philanthropy, and volunteerism. Charity is giving away a portion of what you have for the benefit of others. Philanthropy involves the giving of private or corporate wealth to projects or individuals.
Think about this principle taught by Jesus when his disciples asked him, “ Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and take
you in or naked and clothe you?” …. The King answer and say to them, “assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me” [Matthew 25:37-40].
Have a wonderful and a grace-filled day!
