Have you ever given to charity?

Yes this fits me perfect for today. Today in the paper there was a article about a church was broken into and 200 dollars was stolen. So I felt REALLY bad and actually wrote out a check for 200 dollars and brought it down to the church. I think that was the right thing to do I mean the kids and the adult were so thankful I felt so good about myself.

I am selective is giving donations. And my giving is depending on my situation at that point of time, for example, I just gotten a bonus, I might be more willing to give. I do not do any volunteering working. I might try it at some point of time in my life. At time, I will prefer to give the money to the people directly, knowing that 100% of the money will be put to good use by the recipient. And if you donate it to a charity organization, part of the money will goes into admin cost to run the organization, in the end, probably only 70% of the money goes to the people needing it.

I used to sponsor a little girl who lives in Colombia, through World Vision. It didn't necessarily make me feel better about myself - at the time that I did I had the extra to give - but getting a letter from the little girl felt amazing. Hearing how she was doing in school, etc - and knowing that I was a part of that. My regret is that I couldn't continue the sponsorship since I lost my job and a bunch of other stuff.