Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Give more than just what you Give

Dream big.  We are taught to do that as kids.  But as we get older, our pessimism gets in the way as well as our fear.  This gentleman took his own life experiences and created an opportunity for kids around the world.  The opportunity was to provide shoes to kids who don't have them. If fact, a billion people around the world, especially children, don't have shoes.

The best part of the video linked above is when he talks about giving the shoes.  They don't just hand out the shoes. They sit the kids down one by one and lovingly wash their feet and tell them how much they are each loved.  Wow!  That is giving big.  And giving selflessly.  I'm inspired.  Are you?

Don’t you know that God laid down the laws on almsgiving and charity not so much for the sake of the poor as for the sake of those very people who make an offering? St. John Chrysostom