Charity... Do you give without expecting anything in return?
By rainyl
@rainyl (671)
United States
November 20, 2006 4:21pm CST
We all have fallen on hard times. However people look at you as if you are crazy when you ask for help.
We should help if we can and never ask for anything in return all of the blessings we have are here for a reason and can be taken away from us without any given notice.
So look in your hearts and ask yourself could you donate a 1.00 to a person you do not even know, because they needed it and could you do it without asking for anything in return?
13 responses
@rainyl (671)
• United States
20 Nov 06
thank you for the post.
I agree with you.........
we do have a member here in our community that need ssome charity right now.
her electric was shut off and she does work and she is at her ends pulling out her hair.. so I have donated and I am asking everyone else who can to also donate to one of our community members.
her paypal email address is :
Please Help! Our electric has been shut off. We need money to turn it on. If you can help, please donate! Thank you in advance and God bless you!
Paypal=calico79@midsouth.rr.com.
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@josephperera (2906)
• Sri Lanka
21 Nov 06
Of course I give. I am a christian but believe in the Buddhist pholosophy that the more you give the more you get. But then does it come to the point that I give and expect something in return. It not not that but you get back what you give in some different form. I have experienced that.
@orionsmomma (1077)
• United States
20 Nov 06
yes. I think it's important help those in need. I would hope that if I was in need someday that there would be other like myself with open arms, ready to help.
@rainyl (671)
• United States
20 Nov 06
Thank you
well we do have one in our own community that needs help
Please donate if you can:
Please Help! Our electric has been shut off. We need money to turn it on. If you can help, please donate! Thank you in advance and God bless you!
Paypal=calico79@midsouth.rr.com.
Thank you
Marie
@sharon_1958 (823)
• United States
20 Nov 06
yes i sure do, i know how it is to have to have something and cant
@brettbum (304)
• United States
20 Nov 06
Its not charity if you give without expecting something in return. If you do someone a favor now that's demands a favor in response.
Now giving something to someone I do not know for no reason, seems a little doubtful to me and isn't likely to happen as I do not know if they can be trusted.
@rainyl (671)
• United States
20 Nov 06
well I am glad you shared your views, however it is not about knowing a person in order to help them through a rough spot in their life.
I have given to many and have never asked for anything in return however I have been BLESSED many times over for what I have done in my community and elsewhere.
Thanks for posting
@srhelmer (7029)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
20 Nov 06
Even when money is tight, I try to give to charity as much as I can. I know I could be much worse off than I am and can only imagine what other families are going through.
@aggiejoe (799)
• United States
21 Nov 06
Yes. At christmas I make gift baskets for my church the give them to families in need during the holidays. It is something I have done for many years and it teaches my boys that its important to think about other peoples needs not just their own.
@OneZiggy (79)
• United States
21 Nov 06
i'm an accountant, and every year i prepare seniors' (age 65+) tax returns (except Sched C) free of charge. i p/u & deliver if its not convenient 4 them 2 come 2 me. why not give back 2 the community? these folks have worked hard all their lives, they deserve a break! and i feel a great sense of satisfaction, thats reward enuf 4 me.
@Blackpepper1 (94)
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21 Nov 06
Well I know what it is like to not have money.I have neen trying to get a job for the last 5 years with no success so far. Being on Benefits is no fun apart from the agro.
I try to give where I can no matter how small it is better than nothing after all there is always someone worse off than you no matter what your circumstances.
