The story of the Uruguayan president is a story of a selfless
giver. President Jose Mujica earns a monthly salary of $12,500 (Shs32m)
but keeps only $1,250 (Shs3.2m), donating the rest to charity. This
has earned the 77-year-old plaudits as the most generous president in
the world, and his country today is the second least corrupt nation in
Latin America.
It has been said that you can give without loving
but you cannot love without giving. This is evidently a man who
genuinely loves and it is this love that provokes him to give that much
when most of his counterparts especially in Africa are draining their
national coffers for self gratification.
He also reminds me of an unnamed American who donated Shs400 million to the Makerere Full Gospel Church building project. The fact that he preferred to remain anonymous shows his is true largess, the kind that challenges you and I to be selfless givers as well.
I have read many biographies about very successful people and most of them have revealed that the greatest secret to financial security, the best secret that breaks the chains of scarcity is the secret of giving. Even the Bible says how more blessed it is to give than to receive.
And this giving, by the way, is not just about money. You give what you have, and it works if you give with all your heart. You can share some of your expertise free of charge, give some advice, help a child to cross the road, and so forth.
Giving is more rewarding when it targets the disadvantaged, those in dire need such as the orphans, poor widows and the elderly, as well as when it comes in the form of supporting worthy initiatives like contributing to a campaign to buy mosquito nets for an orphanage.
So, keep giving and never get tired of being generous. As the saying goes, he who waters will himself be watered. The blessing will blow off the roof because it comes in many forms. Good health, great friends, inner joy and a peace of mind that surpasses human understanding. This is the kind of blessing that goes beyond the tangible and stretches into eternity.
How wonderful, then, it would be to emulate the precedent set by President Jose Mujica, and begin to be selfless givers. For as St. Paul the Apostle implored, "Let us not grow weary in doing good for in due season we will reap if we do not give up."
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He also reminds me of an unnamed American who donated Shs400 million to the Makerere Full Gospel Church building project. The fact that he preferred to remain anonymous shows his is true largess, the kind that challenges you and I to be selfless givers as well.
I have read many biographies about very successful people and most of them have revealed that the greatest secret to financial security, the best secret that breaks the chains of scarcity is the secret of giving. Even the Bible says how more blessed it is to give than to receive.
And this giving, by the way, is not just about money. You give what you have, and it works if you give with all your heart. You can share some of your expertise free of charge, give some advice, help a child to cross the road, and so forth.
Giving is more rewarding when it targets the disadvantaged, those in dire need such as the orphans, poor widows and the elderly, as well as when it comes in the form of supporting worthy initiatives like contributing to a campaign to buy mosquito nets for an orphanage.
So, keep giving and never get tired of being generous. As the saying goes, he who waters will himself be watered. The blessing will blow off the roof because it comes in many forms. Good health, great friends, inner joy and a peace of mind that surpasses human understanding. This is the kind of blessing that goes beyond the tangible and stretches into eternity.
How wonderful, then, it would be to emulate the precedent set by President Jose Mujica, and begin to be selfless givers. For as St. Paul the Apostle implored, "Let us not grow weary in doing good for in due season we will reap if we do not give up."
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