Charity - Giving Knowledge, Skill, Motivation

This may appear a bit

Callous

But there's something about

Charity

That doesn't rub me the right way

And it's not the entire concept of

Charity that I have questions about

Just the portion...

About giving people help

Without showing them how

To help themselves

Yes, the idea of charity is a noble one;

You give without wanting anything in return

But you do get something in return

You get pleasure;

You feel good about yourself;

You feel like you’ve given back

To the “community”

I have always felt that there is

Nothing noble about

Chopping someone’s legs off

Meaning, that they’re no longer

Able to walk on their own and

Provide for themselves because

They know they can depend on

Charity

Some people like to say

That they give and what the receiver

Does with that charity is

“None of their business”

There’s nothing altruistic about that statement

You give to feel good about yourself

But who cares if what you give

Enables the receiver to poison themselves?

That’s none your business after you 

Have received the pleasure of giving?

I don’t feel good about that at all!

I know there are many types

Of charitable work being

Done all over the world and

Many organizations provide

Training to help individuals grow

I like this type of giving

The type of giving where you uplift someone’s

Quality of life by giving them

The knowledge, skills, and motivation

To uplift themselves

I think that when giving in this way

You have contributed a resource

That can be used for life

Instead of contributing something that

Will only last an hour