“Give freely, joyously, lovingly, and with a sense of abandonment, and as you do, fabulous wealth inevitably will be yours.” —Joseph Murphy
Think About It:
I was reading Shut up, Stop Whining and Get a Life by Larry Winget and he has a great section in his book about giving that I wanted to share with you.
Feed the children; feed the homeless; save the whales; save the rain forest. Mothers Against Drunk Driving; AIDS research; United Way; Jerry’s Kids—and on and on. Every one of these causes and all of the others in the world could be financed and most of the problems solved if people would do some giving and stop talking about doing some giving.
You hear people say what a shame it is we have children who are starving right here in America. They are right, it is. It is a shame to have anyone starving anywhere. So how much have you given to bring an end to the problem? Really—how much? Give me a dollar amount. When did you give it? How long ago? When was the last time you actually sat down and put pen to check and gave a nice chunk of change to solve even one of the world’s problems? Most people talk about all the good that needs to be done, and so few do anything about it. It is just talk. Talk does not fix much.
I grew up a foot-washing fundamentalist. One of the old gospel songs I heard growing up was, “You’re so heavenly-minded you’re no earthly good.” What a great thing for all of us to remember. Our thoughts are so lofty—so full of love—so full of willingness to do anything within our power to help. Anything but write a check.
Some people do give; I will grant you that. If you are one of the few who do, then I applaud you. But most do not give. How can they justify that? Is it because they do not have enough to give? Hardly. Everyone has enough to give something. It is not because they do not have it. It comes down to the fact they will not give it.
Why? Are they afraid they will diminish their supply by giving part of it away? Actually just the opposite is true. The more you give of what you have, the more you actually get. It is the coolest thing. I tried to figure that out for a long time until I discovered it was actually one of the Laws of Physics.