Giving is good
Nothing puts a spring in your step quite like the sense of satisfaction from giving to poor people. And it’s not just about that warm fuzzy feeling we all know so well, it’s also good economics: we have more stuff than we need (yes, that includes that change in your pocket, or that five bucks that’s been sitting in your wallet for more than a week), and they have a lot less. So let’s even things up a little.
And it doesn’t have to be just cash. Take a look around your house, or in those boxes that have sat in your garage for however many years. Can you bring yourself to part with those clothes that no longer fit, those shoes you’ll never wear again because they gave you blisters, the books you bought but never had the time to read, the broken VCR player you never saw the point in fixing, or that Mariah Carey compilation CD somebody gave you for Christmas but is still in its cellophane wrapper? This may be just junk to you and me, but for poor people it can be life changing.
And it doesn’t have to be just cash. Take a look around your house, or in those boxes that have sat in your garage for however many years. Can you bring yourself to part with those clothes that no longer fit, those shoes you’ll never wear again because they gave you blisters, the books you bought but never had the time to read, the broken VCR player you never saw the point in fixing, or that Mariah Carey compilation CD somebody gave you for Christmas but is still in its cellophane wrapper? This may be just junk to you and me, but for poor people it can be life changing.