Doing Acts of Charity

張貼日期：Nov 17, 2013 4:16:51 AM

Wendy Chiu

Have you ever thought of doing an act of charity? Or, have you ever done something good to help those in need? Nowadays, people become more indifferent, since they don’t really care about their neighborhood and the society. Thus, it is important to figure out why people are unconcerned about the society and how we could do acts of charity.

First of all, the media overly claim that doing charity is to donate a huge amount of money and contribute some great deeds. It makes many people think that if they want to help others, they have to be rich to be helpful; therefore, people become more indifferent and the society might no longer be friendly. However, it should not happen like this way. Since no one wants to have an unfriendly neighborhood, people ought to care more about things around them.

Doing charity is one way to show our care about the society and the world;we ought not to measure the contribution in terms of its quantity. That is to say, kindness can come from simple daily behaviors, such as yielding the seat on the bus to an elder or donating the shopping receipts to the charity.These behaviors don’t have to be great, but they give help to others in some way.

Take myself as an example.I would like to sponsor a child who’s in need after I graduate and have average income.World Vision, an international charity organization,allows people to sponsor a child with their help. In other words, I only need to remit NTD700 per month to the organization and I will have an adopted child. I will pay for his tuition, meal and clothing.All in all, I not only do an act of charity, but also help a child to live his life and fulfill his dream.

Doing acts of charity is one of the most important things that everyone should do in his or her lifetime because by helping others, we will have a more meaningful and happier life.