Wednesday, April 6, 2011

When Greed Gives Way to Giving By: Ana Venciana-Suarez

This short article talks about a man named Bob Thompson who who sold his road-building company for $422 million.Instead of Bob being a gluttonist, he did something not too many people would even consider doing. Bob paid off every body on the payroll with the millions that he received from selling the company. He divided $128 million dollars among 550 workers.Who do you know would just give like that out generosity? Ana went on to say that few us would not even give 10 percent. She then went on and said "The tendency is not to share more but to buy more, to hoard more." What Thompson did was priceless.
When i go to church and it is time to deposit the thithes and offering in the plate the Bishop says give not grudgindly, nor of necessity, but be a cheerful giver. I am not sure if Bob Thompson belives in god, but he has mastered the part of being a cheerful giver.

Not too many people in this world give any thing in general. Some people squezee a dollar so hard George Washington turns over in his grave.It's mostly American society that is this way. Gluttony  has mastered the minds of  Americans  since it was discovered. We have became a country of greed and self-centeredness. The reason beign is the way we address our  Liberty and freedom to be whatever or whoever you want in the U.S. We promote ourselves as arrogant and prosperous because of the freedom to create jobs, be self employeed, earn a education to get a good job,etc. It is appealing to the minds of people from many nations all over the world who want that same independence. So they sell their souls for a dollar that really doesn't bring them any happiness, but creates more conflict in their lives. Purchasing a whole bucnh of material things that have little or no value to it after we buy it. Every time there is an advertisement on television for a new iphone we rush and buy it, but ignore the man who is in dyer need of food and shelter. So we look down at him and tell him to get a job. Did you ever stop and think that, that could be you in the future?
All those advertisements on television are just to get you to buy the product and keep you in debt so that you can work it off for the rest of your lives.

Greed made it's mark on America and look the recession comes. Now people can't even get a loan to buy a house because the banks don't trust you with their money. Greed has now improsioned us all and we still buy to satisfy ourselves. What will be the ending result of this?

Giving is a way out of debt. People who freely give find themselves sleeping better at night. Lending a helping hand could change the way think and feel.Meeting the needs of others could benefit a lot of people and then it will come back to benefit you unexpectedly.

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