On Feb 6, 12:35 pm, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you saying you are independently wealthy? How else is a guy with no job > a "giver"?
I'll be happy to explain it to you...although some would think it's boasting, not good manners, or should be done silently... I do it to make others feel guilty for not doing it...and there's a vast majority out there who don't. I saved my money and living off savings. I've posted numerous times how savings rates under Bush Jr. were negative for at least 4 out of his 8 years as President. And that's something that has not been seen since the Great Depression. When I worked, I never had fancy vacations, fancy nights out, etc. etc. etcetera. I live a modest life and that's all that is required for me. I have no dreams or illusions of mansions, butlers/maids, a playboy life, model girlfriends, gems, gold, limousines, celebrities, tuxedos, high rise condos, clubs, winning the lottery, owning airplanes, boats, multiple houses, etc. etc. etcetera. But I also have no reality of being a stingy selfish spoiled rotten low life rich good for nothing jerk. Not having a job has certainly slowed the amount I can give, but it hasn't stopped me completely. So, how do I "give"? I take care of those around me who were/are hurting from the bad economic times. i.e. I might buy them little things they need in order to have some dignity. I might make them nice big meals instead of the lone can of soup they'd otherwise have. I might give them a ride somewhere, or take them shopping...and even buy or make up the difference if their short of money. I might buy them a Christmas present when everyone else including their family has forgotten them. I've brought new gifts to the police department so they can give to needy families (they know who they are). I've bought food items to give to the local food pantry for people in need. I might donate numerous items to animal shelters that are mainly staffed by volunteers. I've bought enough items that you'd have to scroll down the page in order to read them all and sent them to Afghanistan where my nephew was a captain in the army so that he could give them to needy kids in the refuge camps, medical facilities, and orphanages that he was responsible for patrolling so that he may make friends instead of enemies. I've also given to other organizations doing similar things. All on my own dime. There's a million ways to give besides cash...all you gotta do is think about how to do it as efficiently as possible. You see, money makes people do the strange of things and forget their simple humanity. For me, money isn't that important. $5 to me won't make me happy, but a $5 gift to someone else can be huge, or to a kid can bring a huge smile and spark bigger dreams, or literally change the way they see their own value in life (of course I'm talking about kids who don't have anything and no one that cares). For myself, I still remember the nice elderly man and his wife who would take us kids just to get an ice cream cone. Sometimes the littlest things can make the biggest differences. Then you have those people who $5 won't mean anything. Then it won't mean anything for me not to give them either. You can't take it with you when you die. We are in fact temporary owners of money. And those that think they can control every aspect of it are in ignorant denial about it's fleeting nature. I'm certainly not rich, but I'll never be poor, so I certainly don't worry about either personally. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
