Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
According to Dictionary.com, this phrase has come to mean as follows : “Treat other people with the concern and kindness you would like them to show toward you.” This saying has come to be called the Golden Rule.
Giving – What has it got to do with my Way of Life ?
Being generous does not always involve money. You might be surprised to hear that the word GENEROSITY was the description of elite nobility five centuries ago. Today, even an ordinary person can cultivate the admiral personal quality and taking action to be generous. For example, sharing your time with the elderly is an act of generosity. A simple smile for a stranger, offering voluntary assistance to charitable organizations and others are examples of non-monetary giving. You can also think about what else you can give in terms of time, talent and resources that you are blessed with.
You can add more giving and act of charity into your life and the lives of others by thinking about the generous people you have known or heard about. Think about the attention, praise, respect, love, or even gifts and money that we might desire. Now visualise in your mind of others who might benefit from you sharing these things as well. There are many other ways to incorporate daily generosity as part of lifestyle and they include giving to charity, sharing random acts of kindness, tipping well, and giving people more than they expect. You can act on a generous impulse that comes to mind. Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is important to take action. Well, follow the mantra “Just do it!” by Guru Nike.
If you want love, then you must give love…
Lifting a teachable lesson from the New Testament Bible, it tells us to give others whatever we wish to have for ourselves. If you want love, then you must give love; if we want peace, then we must give peace; if you want prosperity, then you must give prosperity to help others gain prosperity. Giving generously is a by-product of the profound strength of character that comes from genuine humility.
True generosity is unconditional and it is a form of giving that DOES NOT anticipate any kind of reciprocation, repayment, or even a thank you. At different times in your lives, you give for a variety of reasons. When you give, are you giving generously? Are you thinking that you are being generous when you are actually setting conditions to ensure you will benefit from your giving? In order to ascertain whether our giving or the giving of others is truly generous, look at the intentions of the heart. The question is not did you give, but “Did you give generously with no other motives?”
So today, perform one act of true generosity.
According to a study from Emory University in Atlanta, it is found that the caudate nucleus and anterior cingulate portions of the brain switch on when we do something for ourselves giving a feeling of pleasure. It was revealed that when we give to others, the same release of a feeling of pleasure occurs as well. That’s the scientific basis for giving. (The two neuroscientists who led this study are James Rilling and Gregory Berns)
On the social side and from the perspective of human history, we know that generosity begets generosity — in other words, generosity spreads and transfers and has a ‘pay it forward effect’ many times over. You could never have imagined that your one act of generous giving toward an individual could reach and touch others beyond the society.
Make giving your way of life. Are you ready to give a little love – make a donation for a charitable cause or do charity volunteer work ?
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Huffpost Healthy Living – Make generosity a way of life
Daily Mail – To make charity a way of life, we must embrace giving in small doses
I came across this story about Sowing and Reaping. Kinda related to this topic about Giving and how we may unexpectedly reap more than we sow.
Anyway, here’s the story :
“Walter Nishioka knew that the service was good at the Hawaiian hotel where he ate brunch on Wednesdays. But he found out how good it was when he was offered something that was definitely not on the menu – one of the waiter’s own kidneys
Mr. Nishioka, aged 70, was a local businessman. He was seriously ill with kidney disease and had been told by doctors that he needed a transplant urgently. He had almost given up hope of finding a matching organ until the waiter, Jose Rocasa, 52, volunteered one of his own.
Nishioka said: “I didn’t have long to survive and the doctors said that it was unlikely that they could find a match in time. But with a good man here and a lot of help from above, now I am alive and well.”
In the 22 years that Mr. Nishioka had frequented the hotel, Mr. Rocasa had been his waiter and recalled that he had always been kind and affable – and had tipped generously.
“I just wanted to help him,” Rocasa said. “For years, we have this friendship in which he comes to lunch and I do my best to make him very happy, and he is always good to me in return. So of course I say, ‘Do not worry – I can give you a kidney.'”
Mr. Nishioka sowed generosity and he reaped generosity !
Isn’t this a glimpse of hope of love and kindness in our world. Hope this sharing means something to you!