Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Sunday, July 24, 2011

The Advantages Of Charity

By Chester L. Martinez


Charity is something that invokes concord and progress in society. But is there more to charity than only donating freely to a cause? Etymologically, philos denotes love and anthropos signifies humankind. Caring for humankind must therefore go along with the wish to support society.

Philanthropy is a great benefit to our planet because it carries with it the idea that, on a basic level, we are all connected by our humanity. It can drive home the idea that we can aid ourselves when we aid others. It's the height of solidarity, as we make real our joint capability, individual by individual.

And this development is getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. There seems to be a rise in young philanthropists that emphasize quality of life and humanistic efforts. I read an article about Sara Bronfman, for example, who devotes much of her endeavors into creating and endorsing humanitarian organizations. Who knows why youthful folks seem to aspire to philanthropy? Perhaps it has to do with technological evolution and newer sources of media; everybody is connected. However you choose to look at it, humanitarianism is definitely trending, and becoming trendier and trendier as time goes on.

Are you familiar with Paul Newman, who helped set up Newman's Own? He built his business with health and philanthropy in mind, and has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to thousands of charities since the company started in 1982. One other individual who has offered a lot of money to humanitarian associations is Warren Buffet.

But where is all this money going; and is this altruism actually effective? Philanthropic efforts certainly give support to the world, but does the support persist over time? Can you even launch an organization that has a long-lasting consequence for society? A lot of current humanitarians are facing these questions and more, as certain problems plague society more and more. The goal is not only to help those in need near us, but also to give them power during the course of action. What types of deeds would give power to those who require it the most? The best kind of compassionate act is one that not only fulfills a basic requirement for someone, but also teaches him how to do it for himself, I believe. There happen to be a lot of altruistic organizations that assist in teaching someone how to take care of himself and to develop a particular skill set. Out of every compassionate deed possible, these will enduringly affect mankind for the better.




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