Most of us make at least a few charitable acts each year, giving of our time or money to help make this world a little better place. Some do so regularly; others more sporadically. (Blessed with financial success and the means to do more than many of us, Ira Riklis supports some fifty causes and organizations each year.) But one question to consider is: how do these acts make you feel? Do you give only when confronted with the need to give? Do you give begrudgingly, as if it’s an effort for you?
The fact is that any form of giving is good for your soul (and of course, good for those who receive). But some forms of giving are vastly better in terms of their spiritual nature and the effect they have both on you and on those to whom you give. Ira Riklis can tell you that those gifts giving freely, openly and without being asked for represent a higher form of giving, one that helps restore justice and fairness to the world. You should feel good about your giving, not out of a sense of self righteousness, but because it’s the right thing to do.