Don’t ask why. Virtually all the beggars I see look miserable. I am happy. So I give them something, usually more than they expect, although never enough. They often thank me, profusely, but that just embarrasses me. I am blessed and they are in misery. So I help them a little. I don’t do it to feel good, or to solve their problems, but just to make their life a little bit less miserable.
There is something very human about doing that. Possibly the act of giving is more important than whatever money you give. You are relating to an unfortunate person in a way that helps. For a moment they lose their invisibility and become a person.
When I give I look the beggar in the eyes and usually say, “I wish you good luck.” I believe that it is poor luck that is most responsible for his/her condition. I have been lucky.
Don’t try to understand the beggar. His/her life is probably just as complicated as your own. Even if you were to devote your life to helping that person, you might fail. People are complicated, and that includes beggars.
Maybe the act of giving does boost my spirit, by reminding me how blessed I am. I pray, in a simple way, every day: I look at something in the world and say, simply, “Thank you.” Whom am I thanking? I don’t know. Call it God, if you wish. Another way to pray is to give to a beggar. Just for a moment you slow and you stop and you reach into your pocket and fumble for some money and you acknowledge the humanity of another person, even if just in a very little way.
Yet I can’t help but feel guilty about being so blessed, so lucky. Most of my blessing is unearned.
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Yes.
Don’t ask why. Virtually all the beggars I see look miserable. I am happy. So I give them something, usually more than they expect, although never enough. They often thank me, profusely, but that just embarrasses me. I am blessed and they are in misery. So I help them a little. I don’t do it to feel good, or to solve their problems, but just to make their life a little bit less miserable.
There is something very human about doing that. Possibly the act of giving is more important than whatever money you give. You are relating to an unfortunate person in a way that helps. For a moment they lose their invisibility and become a person.
When I give I look the beggar in the eyes and usually say, “I wish you good luck.” I believe that it is poor luck that is most responsible for his/her condition. I have been lucky.
Don’t try to understand the beggar. His/her life is probably just as complicated as your own. Even if you were to devote your life to helping that person, you might fail. People are complicated, and that includes beggars.
Maybe the act of giving does boost my spirit, by reminding me how blessed I am. I pray, in a simple way, every day: I look at something in the world and say, simply, “Thank you.” Whom am I thanking? I don’t know. Call it God, if you wish. Another way to pray is to give to a beggar. Just for a moment you slow and you stop and you reach into your pocket and fumble for some money and you acknowledge the humanity of another person, even if just in a very little way.
Yet I can’t help but feel guilty about being so blessed, so lucky. Most of my blessing is unearned.
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I will give him/her a money to buy a food
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