Giving

I've stopped wondering why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, it's simply because the rich hold on to their pennies while the rest of us spend, give and lend till we have nothing left. I am always ready to help the less fortunate, maybe I don't give to every charity I come accross but I do my fare share of helping others. I became aware of a young girl who was kicked out of her home by her parents because she came out as a lesbian. She is only seventeen and had to leave school in search of work to support herself. One evening I was summond to her appartment to pick up my own teenage daughter and when I entered there was at least twenty other kids milling about. The place was a mess with not a crumb of food to be found. It seems that as soon as this poor girl was out on her own the local teens adopted her home as their own. I went home that night feeling very pained to think of that child going to bed hungry and waking up to no breakfast. The first chance I got I went to market and filled the cart with all that I could afford to give. When I arrived with the gift the children were both excited and greatful. I've been told many a time that it's better to teach one to fish than to give one a fish but there are circumstances where charitable deeds are both nessasary and vital.

There have been so many times in my life when I would have given the shirt off my back to help one that is in need but have not been in the position to do so. So here I referr to my previous entry, as much as I would love to think that because of my own good deeds that maybe it's my turn to be on the recieving end. Well I wouldn't have much integrity if I felt entitled to something in return. So I must do what I do for the sole purpose of helping my fellow woman kind and for no other reason than that, otherwise it's just a passive greed. So to wrap up my most recent rant I will leave you with this, Be kind to others because you ARE kind, NOT because you wish for kindness in return.