As much as I love talking about relationships, I also love writing about giving. I am a firm believer in giving and helping people and I am glad I found @George_Dee because we shared the same values and of course, I know many others here too share the same because all the amazing people I've come to meet on this platform are always willing to help.
One of the hardest things to do in life is parting away with your resources and how people on this platform do it so effortlessly makes me want to do better and not get tired. Of course, I have been taken advantage of many times as @George_Dee shared in his last article too but life is just like that because it's hard to know whether we are loved for who we are or for what others stand to gain from us but if other people's actions can dictate how we are going to alter our natural way of living then it shows the values we thought we hold so dear is not as deep as we thought then.
Life is about giving and helping one another and I won't get tired of reiterating this. I grew up knowing my dad to be a giver and he would give just about anything. I learnt from him that I should never make people worse off than they came to me. I might not be able to give them all they want but at least, let me meet them halfway and reduce the burden a little.
I knew how a family member always come around to my dad then and because I was close to my dad, I am always there listening, sometimes eavesdropped and often he would tell me when this family member has gone why he came and it's just with me he discussed that with. Even my two elder brothers didn't even know and I was the one who kept them in the loop when this family member started acting up. Dad helped him finish his house and many times he would come around for his children's school fees and so many other things.
When dad passed away, he said he wasn't taken care of enough (like dad didn't have his own family too?). He was perfectly set up on a business that he ruined and now he just folded his arms and didn't show much support when dad passed away but that's life. Should that stop me from being kind to people because of how they treated my dad? No... Of course, it would help me to reassess every situation before launching out but it won't stop me from doing my bit because that's who I am... I can't help but help others no matter how inconsequential others think it is.
Giving is not just related to money or material things even though that's what naturally comes to mind when we talk about giving. I shared many weeks ago about how I once posted on my Facebook wall asking people how I can help them and more than 90% of the comment spoke on sending them money. This is to tell us that we have been conditioned to think money is all we need whereas major issues are being swept under the rug.
Some people don't even need your money but a shoulder to lean on, a genuine friend to hang on to. Ask those who have money that can even afford them to spend and operate on their loved one's heart of stone and they wouldn't feel it, some of them just need a friend because success sometimes attracts every kind of people to you.
Whichever way we can help others, we should and if that involves money, by all means, please do and if that involves giving them a platform to continue earning while they won't have to depend on you, by all means, do. We are not expected to live just by ourselves but to also live for others. We are to become a channel of blessing to others like a pipe. A pipe wasn't designed to feed itself but to be a channel where others can be blessed and that's how I see life. Don't let us forget that the continued flow of water in this pipe keeps it from rusting but if there was no flow overtime in that pipe, then you can expect it to rust and that's how I see humans. When we fail to do what we are supposed to do we soon fade away and we might be existing but barely living.
Life is hard, let's face it and some people daily fight a battle we know nothing about and that's why it is hard to relate with those who have been conditioned to only receiving and not helping others. How we view things matters and you can't help those who are not willing to change how they view things.
You can give your time because time is fleeting. You can give your word of advice that would give others clarity. Whatever is in your ability to do, please do. Giving is not giving until we have given to someone who might find it hard to repay us later on. If you simply give intending to receive the same measure back then that's simply a business arrangement. The scale won't always be balanced but the major thing is there must be an effort from both parties.
We need to start recognizing the needs of those around us and orientate people on the need to help others in various ways. Most people say they have nothing to give but that's a lie because they are focusing on the wrong thing. If all you have to give to people is money then you are missing the whole point. Whatever takes something from you, whatever can be tagged a sacrifice, whatever makes you do what you shouldn't have done in the first place can all count. It has to cost you something, no matter how little.
"Don't be proud because you have bread to eat. Always remember, someone owns that bakery." - Anonymous.
"If we care enough, share enough, the world would have enough. The world has enough of our needs but not enough for our greed." - Anonymous.
"What we make happen for others, others will also make happen for us. We attract what we are." - Myself (It sounded good in my ears so I had to chip that in. Haha).
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Handing is a spirit and it wells up to joy from within the giver. My dad was a giver to a fault and I learnt my little giving antics through his lifestyle. I came about your post through @dreemport on hive.