The happiness of giving

The word “Give” has two meanings, the first one means to give your possession to someone else freely and second is to make over in exchange or payment but the one that provides us happiness is the first one.

Now think over this, a person who donates food to a charity is also giving and the government also gives us facilities but what is the basic difference between these? The government, in actual is not giving, it is dealing with us by providing facilities and taking taxes, while the person is not doing so. This is the Art of Giving. This art has the ability to satisfy both the giver and the taker because the taker gets his desire fulfilled and when we give someone, we do not go empty handed, we receive blessings which are more important than anything.

But some people do not have the ability or being particular, the desire to be the practitioner of this art. Read the following news item,

“Only two of the many billionaires of China accept Gates-Buffet invitation for donating money in their project “The Giving Pledge”

I wonder why people don’t want to donate money.  Will they take a bath in it or they want to use it only for their own luxury. Why don’t they think that excess of everything is always harmful and that there are many people around who need their help and charity.

Only giving is not important. The timing also counts. Imagine that your friend asked for your help within two days and you gave it the third day when he had got a good scolding from the teacher, what will your receive, only cursing. So, take care that you donate the right thing at the right time to the right person because some people do not deserve kindness.

Giving does not only involve giving material things. It can also involve giving non-materialistic and non-measurable things which are very important for us. For example you can provide literacy to the maid that comes to your house. Doing this, you will receive blessings and will ass a literate human being to the huge population.

At last, I want to advice that everyone should learn this Art to lead a prosperous life and I would also like to advice that never practice this Art forcefully because it will give the opposite effects and you will not be happy. So, donate to someone who is in need of and experience the rare happiness that will make your life fruitful.