GIVE WHILE YOU LIVE

Aum Sai Ram.

An inspiring story:
GIVE WHILE YOU LIVE

This story is of a Rich Goan Landlord who once asked his parish priest: "Why does everybody call me stingy when every one knows that when I die I will leave everything I have to this church?"

The priest said; "There once was a pig & a cow. The pig was unpopular & the cow was loved by all in the village.

This puzzled the pig. The pig said to the cow: people speak warmly of your good nature & your helpful attitude. They think you are very generous because each day you give them milk, butter & cheese.

But i give too. I give them everything I have. I give them the famous Goa sausages, bacon & ham. I also provide ingredients for mouth watering sorpotel. Yet no one likes me. Why is that?"

The priest continued, "Do you know what the cow answered?"

The Cow said, "Perhaps it's because I give while I am still living."

To give while you are living means you are sharing God's largesse out of love, caring and compassion.

While to give after you are gone seems like you are giving because you cannot take it with you. So it seems like a Forced, Graceless Giving.