The Gift of Money

If you have all the money in the world, and have all the things that money can buy, what else is there left?

I strongly believe that when people around you know you have a lot of money, you are prone to fall into falsehood (I hope I will be wise enough to avoid these type of people), where people will be around you only for your money.

Sometimes, even in the situation where you are not rich, there are people who takes advantage of your kindness, just to get whatever little money you have left.

To avoid all these, I guess this is why most of the rich and successful devote their time doing charity work, to find some meaning in their life.

I can't say I know how they feel, because I am not in their shoes, and even if I try to put myself in their shoes, my situation now is different, and therefore how I feel and think about things are different.

This is not the first time that I've heard it - those few seminars that I've been to, where rich people themselves gives the talk, hands out advises and one of them is, "You must not be selfish to share your money", in other meaning, G-I-V-E.

There are many famous & rich people, who's lives are written in Wikipedia, and they often have the word philanthropy written beside their names. For whatever beneficiary that they are supporting, be it an official non-profit organization, or their own charity bodies that they set up in the memory of their loved ones, they know that the only way to truly find meaning in having money is to give it away.

If you have $2 in your pocket, give away $1 to the charity box or to a homeless man at the street side. I'm pretty sure you feel different afterwards, you feel good because you've contributed to help someone or the community.

To you, the money you give might seem little, but to the person receiving, they will be ever so grateful that they have that spare dollar to get them going through till the next day.

This is one of the things that I will do too, with my money, starting with my backyard - No, okay, I don't have a backyard, it's a figure of speech. I mean to say, I will start will the beneficiaries that I can find in my country first. (^.^)

Your gift of money will help create a difference.

There is no such thing as giving too much to help a good cause. But of course, be wary of tricksters!