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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 410 – 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.
Now, along the way, he may want also to have recognition but that’s a separate point. The artist, on the other hand, wants to express himself, whether the audience believes in him or not, whether other people appreciate it or not; that’s not his concern. Now, he may not get paid for the art that he has created, and in years past we see that many artists were not recognized while they were actually still alive. It’s only after they passed away that their art was recognized. But the artist wants to express himself and does not need an audience.
So my question is, who would you like to be?
Most people think they are artists and what they do is unique and particular to themselves, and they want to show it to other people. They want to express themselves.
But ask yourself the question, is it about you or is it about others? Why not be the philanthropist? You may not have millions to give but philanthropy is not about giving millions it’s about caring for others. Giving them what they deserve, and everybody deserves plenty of goodness, health, happiness, joy, laughter, all kinds of good things. So why not be a philanthropist and give others everything they need?
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