Charity – The Gift of Giving

In 1910 Wallace D. Wattles wrote; 

โ€œThe poor do not need charity; they need inspiration. Charity only sends them a loaf of bread to keep them alive in their wretchedness, or gives them an entertainment to make them forget for an hour or two.โ€

I wonder if Mr Wattles foresaw the big business charity have become? And what did he mean by inspiration?

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Judging Without Why

Last weekend, having lunch, I saw a good mum feeding her 10 year old daughter. It wasnโ€™t a very healthy lunch and the daughter could do with healthy. I judged her, and I donโ€™t even know her WHY.

A few days ago I went on a field trip with Rubyโ€™s school. The day was extra hot and dry with the sun beating down on us in the desert landscape of Waadi Digla. I was in the back troop as we set out on a big hike.ย  Climbing the steep hill, sand and rocks coursed down the hillside, under our trainers.

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