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Generosity is a virtue
Thursday, February 23, 2012 || 10:07 PM
I don't like to spend money.
That's common knowledge: I basically parade around declaring how I don't have any money and how much I need a job.
All my clothes are basically under $25.
I buy cheap stuff for myself and I get so excited when there is a sale. And still sometimes at the discounted price, I can't bring myself to spend the money.
Do I really need that sweater?
Yes
But can I even afford it?
Yes
...Do I want to spend the money?
Not at all
However,
like not to ring my own bell or whatever,
but I'm somehow not at all stingy when it comes to other people.
Actually, I don't know if anyone actually notices, but I'm usually always offering money to people (to be clear - I don't do it for recognition or "people to notice" ahahahhaha).
I will donate to charities and other causes.. and to people that just don't have money at the moment. Haha.
I mean, what else am I going to do with all that saved up money?
The point of this post: People need to learn the meaning of generosity.
I understand though... there\s that feeling you get when you spend a lot of money... I get that a lot, of course. I don't usually buy myself expensive things.
Only...
It's nice to be generous to yourself...
but if you can afford to buy such an expensive (um) gloves (...) for yourself, can't you buy one lunch for that friend who forgot theirs at home?
If you can afford to purchase those designer (um) socks (...) for yourself, can't you spare a little change for that school in Sierra Leone?
If you can afford the millions of (um) hats (...) that you have in your closet, is it really so much to ask that you chip in to buy a nice gift for your friend on their birthday?
If you can afford such an expensive meal, if you can afford to lead such an affluent lifestyle,
how can you possibly say that you "do not have the money" to do
this or
that or whatever it is that will not benefit you but perhaps someone else?
