What is True Giving? Or, Do You Have An ?Equation Mentality?? (1)
I just got off the phone with my dear friend, Dr. Paul Hartunian, publicity genius, philanthropist and true lover of dogs. asked Paul about giving and how he saw it working in his own life and with his own personal cause. That?s when he told me
something truly eye-opening.
?Too many people make an equation out of giving,? he said. ?They give some money and then wait for it to come back to them ten-fold. That, to me, is not true giving.?
This was a shocking statement to me.
?What is true giving then?? I asked.
?I believe true giving is done anonymously,? Paul explained. ?If someone gives a million dollars to a foundation because they aregoing to have a building named after them, then that is trading, not giving.?
Paul was bringing up a valid point.
I remember a time when someone e-mailed me, asking what they should do if they try to give money to their friends and it?s refused. I remember thinking, Why do your friends have to know it?s coming from you? Can?t you give in secret?
Paul went on to tell me something even more fascinating. ?I think the secret to giving is in not caring if it comes back to you or not,? he explained. ?Once you don?t care, you?re in the flow.?
Taken From: Making Secret in History
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