How to Give

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

Step 1

Change your belief that you have enough. When you believe you have enough time, money, love, resources you will. Chances are if you are thinking about giving, you can.
Step 2

Create a plan. Examine your life and see what you have to offer and what type of giving will really make you feel satisfied. You are giving to help people that need it and each of us has unique ways we can give of ourselves.
Step 3

Don't expect a thank you. You are not giving for notoriety or acclaim. You are giving because you know it will truly make a difference in someone's life. If someone starts to offer you a thank you and is making an attempt at being overly gracious, return in kind once, and then move on.
Step 4

Treat everybody as an equal by recognizing the human in them. When you are giving you are obviously giving to people who don't have as much resources as you do and can sometimes be sensitive about it. The act of treating someone as an equal is just a big of gift to someone experiencing troubles.
Step 5

Enjoy it. After having given to someone in a meaningful way, pat yourself on the back privately, you did a good job. Let the joy spread over into other parts of your life.

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