Notes

“Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted. – Buddha” This quote represents a good mindset of the idea that giving is better than receiving. Giving benefits everyone in a lot of different ways, like the feeling or the fact that you donated or gave something of yours, and that in time you will also receive greatly from any act of giving.. That is why giving is better than receiving.

Imagine this: you see a homeless man with raggedy jeans and a stained white shirt walking around with a sign made of cardboard saying, “Help me,” do you bother to stop by and give this less fortunate man some change and help him? Even the littlest of change could add up and mean the world to this man and so if you were to give this man some change not only would it make this man happy, just as Buddha said, it will uplift the mind of the giver, thus making you feel good that you did something positive.

Another example explaining the theory that giving is better than receiving would be on Christmas. People all around the nation on this day give and also receive but a problem that people don’t see is that very day, on December 25, everyone gathers with family and friends and gives and receives gifts,and even gives to community for a change, but what about the other 364 days? What are they doing then to give back to their community, the less fortunate, and animals, and its those ideas can cause common misconception, such when people say, “I’m doing my part”, but are they really is the problem. That brings us to the idea that if everyone gave back a little more the world would change drastically, for the better.

In conclusion giving is like a boomerang, you may throw it really far, but in time it will always comeback to you. Giving, no matter how little or how large will always result in the same way, both sides, the giver and the receiver will both be cheerful. Thus bringing us to the conclusion which is that giving is better than receiving.