morethanmoney » Social responsibility http://morethanmoney.co.za money forum, money question, money blog, personal finance, unit trust, retirement savings Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:05:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A healthy harvest http://morethanmoney.co.za/a-healthy-harvest/ http://morethanmoney.co.za/a-healthy-harvest/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:38:48 +0000 admin http://morethanmoney.co.za/a-healthy-harvest/ There’s a saying ‘If you’re not a socialist by the time you’re 20, you don’t have a heart. If you’re not a capitalist by the time you’re 30, you have no brains.’ But that doesn’t make me feel any better when I say ‘no’ to another person at the robot asking for money. And yet I feel that I’m doing the right thing.

Compassion is a great barometer to test whether we’re still human. It tests whether we are still connected to the greater body of living beings. Can we feel the pain when the rest of the body feels it? And just as painkillers bring some temporary relief, shoving money into someone’s hands can relieve your discomfort on the spot, but it does not improve the health of the body over the long run.

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