About a month ago i stopped near my office and handed out chocolates to 15 little slum kids aged 3-6 who study in a "school" thats basically a lady who teaches them on a footpath mon-fri.
The smile on their little faces at getting the treat touched my heart. one lil choc and they were so so happy. we evil adults on the other hand need so much more to get a BIG grin like that. A week later I stopped in again just to see what they were learning and if they were having fun. They were equally happy that I had just stopped to say Hi even though there were no chocs this time.
We all went wow when we heard that Bill Gates and Warren Buffet left all of their riches to the betterment of the poor. $100 billion. thats a lot of money right ? should last a long time yes ?
Well there are 3 billion people who live on less than $2 a day. So lets say their money is used to buy 3 billion people a $1 meal a day. Yup....that's right. In 33 days all that money will be over folks.
Its never enough. There are just too many who have too little. Nobody is saying to give off 1/2 your money. But every little bit helps.....from making small donations to charities close to your heart to giving old clothes to orphanages to recycling unsued or old home stuff with your servants to even lending a helping hand and not money at an orphanage or old people home for an hour every Sunday. Heck...or even an hour once a month. Something is better than nothing right ?
So next time your thinking of buying that one extra drink at the bar your partying at on sat nite....that you could really do without. Think about it. That Rs.300/- could buy 60 kids a vada pao....or 20 bars of choc. One less drink for you.....20 smiling faces....a no-brainer yes ?
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its weird i was thinking the exact same thing today.. we take a lot for granted not cuz we dont know how to value money we earn but simply cuz we have enough of it. keeping aside even a few bucks every month and gathering the same kinda support from friends n family around can go a long way to make someones life a lil better, good goin!
how cool is that. thinking the exact same thing on the exact same day....weird co-incidence huh ? someone is doin a lot of thinking sitting at home. I did tons in london. came to some interesting conclusions.
but back to the charity thing. ya. that's my point exactly. its not about how much you give or going from zero to 10k. and like you said, we don't take money for granted but still spend it so easily. every rupee counts. Its the same as every guy who leaves the tap running while brushshing his teeth thinking...i'm just wasting the water of one guy.
lemme know if you do start a friends and family fund. Ta
niles, i hit up your blog after a long hiatus and i was pleasantly happy to read this post. good going chief. keep up the good work.
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