J for Joy of Giving

As a child, we all have experienced this wonderful feeling of receiving candies, chocolates and gifts from elders and friends.  Even now, a lot of happiness is associated with receiving our birthday gifts, howsoever we grow up in years! 

But the joy of giving something to someone who needs it is incomparable to that little flutter the joy of receiving something creates in our hearts.  You will agree with me, if you have indulged in this feeling sometime, am sure you have! 

So, J is for Joy of Giving



Make giving joy a tradition



India is celebrating Joy of Giving Week from 27 September to 03 October 2010. And I think the whole world is participating in some or the other way.

Giving something to a needy person is not about money alone.  Each one of us can contribute to this cause.  A few innovative ways were elaborated in our national daily (TOI) :

"We need this because giving is an eclectic function-let me count the ways. An artist can donate a painting, a student can use his pocket money to buy a pair of chappals for the flower-seller, a housewife can pay for her maid's child education. What better inspiration than young BPO executives whose parents are maids or drivers but who are still eager to donate Rs 50 to 100 a month from their salaries to a cause." 

I think apart from this, if we can lend a helping hand to the old woman who finds is difficult to cross the busy main road near our residential area, if we can lend an ear to the one who is lonely and looking for some kind soul to empathize with him or herand guide him out of his difficulties, if we can shower that little smile on a child who's learning to peddle a bicycle, it would be sweet! 

Together we can start a cycle of goodness, a cycle of spreading joy, a way of infecting people with our smile and spreading happiness all around.

So dear fellow bloggers let's join hands and write more and more about J for Joy of Giving!

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