The Needs of Others
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 877 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There’s an interesting idea about helping others and helping them for an altruistic way. Let me give you an example.
What is the difference between an artist and a philanthropist? You see, the artist is driven to actualize his own talents. The philanthropist, on the other hand, is driven by the need of others. The artist wants to express himself. Artists just want to express what they have within themselves that makes them an artist. They don’t care about the audience; it’s about “my expression”, what I do, what I’ve created, and I want other people to see it, but it’s about me. Me developing what I have seen to be good and what I believe to be different, unique, special, sophisticated, just mine.
The philanthropist, on the other hand, cares about the need of the other people. Not about giving from him, but that others should receive. It’s not about him giving. Now, of course, there may be some people out there who want to become philanthropist so they could get recognition but above that, above and beyond that, what is it that the philanthropist want to do? He wants that others should receive. They deserve as much if not more and he wants them to receive so therefore, he gives. (more…)
