Would you?
I cry over those, "give people a new home" shows, over the pictures of smiling people with hammers, building someone a house. I cry because it seems so real, this thing that we can do with our hands that changes everything for one family. I cry, but I think I could never do that. How good am I, really, at swinging a hammer? Not very. Not since I was a girl on the farm and I played at scraps of wood and leftover nails, tagging along with my dad in the big shed where he fixed and built the things that made the farm run.
But if someone asked me, it might be something I would try, once.
People call and ask me to give money. People who don't know me. I guess if they had the choice they wouldn't want to know me. They want my money.
What if someone asked me to do something I was good at, if it were someone I knew, or could imagine knowing, and if that something I am good at did good for others too? Would I try that, once? Would you?
But if someone asked me, it might be something I would try, once.
People call and ask me to give money. People who don't know me. I guess if they had the choice they wouldn't want to know me. They want my money.
What if someone asked me to do something I was good at, if it were someone I knew, or could imagine knowing, and if that something I am good at did good for others too? Would I try that, once? Would you?
I would and have. Money is quick and easy to give and others can do the heavy load work. I can contribute, walk away, not get involved and pat myself a few times on the back. Giving of time, experience and knowledge is like giving part of yourself. The rewards are many magnitudes better and the gift is much bigger. It seems that every time I give of myself thinking that others will benefit, I find that I am the one who is truly rewarded. Why are we not more involved with our talents?
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