Abundance

I figure if I can save 15% for myself, I can give away 15%. I am really trying not to be a selfish person. This is really hard to do living in the states, where the whole culture is focused on making as much money as you can so you can buy a lot of crap. I feel like a poor person because I can’t afford much beyond life essentials, but that’s nonsense. My house is filled with more clothes than we can wear, we have plenty of food, clean running water, heat, and so much more. I have so much. and there are people who need so much. I live in a world where to some people, in some parts of the world, toilet paper is a luxury. Food is a luxury. Babies and children starve to death. That’s crazy. I can’t live in happiness in a world like that unless I am actively trying to do something about it. I need to open my heart and share.

I need to quit saying to myself well when my bills are caught up then I give more to charity. I need to do this now. I have been reading over a lot of lists on 43things.com and scoffing at some of the things people list as a goal, such as ‘I want to buy a pair of Mahnalo Blaniks’. Stuff like that makes me angry, I think how dare you want some overpriced shoes when there are people starving in the world but then I think, aren’t I just as selfish??? Aren’t there things on my list that are unneccessary and selfish?

15 cents of every dollar that comes my way, I save. 15 cents of every dollar, I give away. Simple as that.

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