Do you know what “charity” means? Do you do charity?
There
are a lot of types we call “charity” or “giving” in the world. We have the
concept form Hebrews, Christians, Islamics, and more. Here, I am going to talk
a little about each one of them, for your comprehension.
First
of all, I would like to talk about the practice of the charity. Do you do it
even if you do not know? Let’s discover it.
Charity
is about giving what you have to give, from your heart. You can give money,
clothes, food, and, when you do not have anyone of them, you give your time.
Listen
to people’s problems is one example. You are giving your time to listen him or
her and, maybe in the end, help him. Being a good person is a good way to be
charitable. You are being charitable when you give what you have, without
expect anything in return.
You
can just buy something to someone eat, give a smile, be nice and polite.
Let’s
see some concepts:
- Hebrew: Hebrews have a concept for charity called Tzedakah. This is something that, they believe, G’d said the need to do. Be charitable is like and obligation for them. It is something for justice and right, and it is good for your soul.
- Christian: for Thomas Aquinas, the concept of charity for Christians is “the friendship of man to G’d”, like “unite us to G’d”. Christians says G’d told that charity is “the most excellent of the virtues”. Aquinas said that charity extends not only the Love of G’d, but also the Love of your neighbor.
- Islamic: for them, this is an obligation for all they that can do it, to get all Muslims in equal finance situation. It is considered a personal responsibility to help others Muslims.
There
are so many companies that do charity with people’s money. UNICEF, Pencils of
Promise and Comic Relief are some of them. You can give a little of your money
to help them to help. Or you can turn into a helper. Once the
company has a meeting to raise funds, you can help them, or help children and the elderly when they go to somewhere passing through, or just telling stories. These are the types of charity that you should know, because all the time, you may be doing them without realizing it.
These
are some pictures of charity you may see.
If you did not know all of this and you want to
help, you can search this or others companies for helping people who needs.
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