1. Art of Giving -
With our changing economic times, everyone is asking for help in some form. There are
as many reasons to give as there are ways to give as how the recent ‘ice bucket
challenge’, and now in India the ‘rice bucket challenge’ aimed at doing so.
Some people give for recognition. They want their names in programs, on park benches
and in hospital lobbies. Others give expecting to be paid back or thanked, they give to
get. Some people want a hands-on-experience and are generous with their time. Some
like to give anonymously and don’t want any recognition at all.
The art of giving emphasizes first at being generous to you by maintaining emotional
bliss within, not overstressing mind body and spirit. Pamper yourself by perusing hobby.
If you feel spirituality is something you want to discover try meditation as an initial step.
Following through emotional bliss with others will seem like a natural occurrence.
“Give others all that is alive in us—our interest, understanding, our knowledge, our
humor, everything in us that’s good. In doing so, we enhance the sense of aliveness in
others while enhancing our own. When we give, we get a “heightened vitality” of what it
means to be human.” –Erich Fromm