The world could do with a lot more kindness right now; and we
all could benefit from the kindness of others every day. Giving and receiving is vitally important, it’s
part of the energy flow on this planet.
Like breathing, we do it all the time, often without thinking about
it. It makes us happy and gives us
purpose.
This quote is a reminder that you don’t have to spend all your
hard-earned money to give to others. You
can give away smile, a compliment, a helping hand, or my favourite, a flower
from the garden. The great thing is that
both you and the person you are giving to will benefit. You have nothing to lose and so much to gain!
If you are reading this, you are likely to be one of the
fortunate people who can afford to give in material ways such as donating money
or goods to charities, or volunteering some of your time. Traditionally I only support animal and
environmental charities to protect myself from “compassion fatigue”. However when I first learned about Kiva, it
was obviously such a great idea that I joined up and contributed to my first
loan straight away.
Today, a woman in Kenya is able to build a classroom to
train her students in thanks to an $875 loan that 22 strangers, including
myself, contributed to. There are many
more stories like this on the Kiva website and the beauty of it all is that one
loan of $25 can keep giving over and over because once it’s paid back you have
the opportunity to loan it to another borrower.
What can you do this week to give a little back and generate
some kindness? Feel free to post your
ideas in the comments section below.
And if you’re looking
for ways to do this for free, please use this link to give a free trial loan on
Kiva: http://www.kiva.org/invitedby/renee4853
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