The Art of Giving

 "Rivers do not drink their own water, nor do tree eat their own fruit,



nor

do rain clouds eat the grains reared by them.

The wealth of the noble is used solely for the benefit of others? *



*Even after accepting that giving is good and that one must learn to give,

several questions need to be answered.







@ @ The first question is 'when should one give*?*'

Yudhisthir asks a beggar seeking alms to come the next day.



On this, Bhim rejoices, that Yudhisthir his brother, has conquered death!



For he is sure that he will be around tomorrow to give. Yudhisthir gets the

message.



One does not know really whether one will be there tomorrow to give!

The time to give therefore is NOW.







@ @ The next question is 'how much to give?'

One recalls the famous incident from history.

Rana Pratap was reeling after defeat from the Moghals. He had lost his

army , he had lost his wealth , and most important he had lost hope, his

will to fight.





**At that time in his darkest hour , his erstwhile minister Bhamasha came

seeking him and placed his entire fortune

at the disposal of Rana Pratap. 



With this, Rana Pratap raised an army and

lived to fight another day.



The answer to this question how much to give is " Give as much as you can!







@ @ The next question is 'what to give?'

It is not only money that can be given.



It could be a flower or even a

smile.

It is not how much one gives but how one gives that really matters.





**When you give a smile to a stranger that may be the only good thing

received by him in days and weeks!



"You can give anything but you must give with your heart !







@ @ One also needs answer to this question 'whom to give?'



Many times we avoid giving by finding fault with the person who is seeking.





However, being judgmental and rejecting

a person on the presumption that he may not be the most deserving is not

justified.





"Give without being judgmental!"