Charity.
Something I feel very strongly everyone should be involved in to some extent (oh here I go again). One thing I’ve realised is that actually loads of people to give to charity or are quite willing to do something fun with the aim of raising money.
But generally people don’t talk about it. I used to think that was good. It seemed like you just ‘shouldn’t’ brag about charity stuff you are doing – just do it and be satisfied knowing that you are doing a good thing.
But I’m not convinced about that now. I think people should be encouraged to talk about giving money to /doing things for charity – so that it happens as much as possible.
I guess one problem is that you get unfair comparisons. If you aren’t well off then you can’t give us much to charity. Or if your expenditure is unavoidable high (because of having kids or something). Or there could be other reasons.
But I think those don’t outweigh the positives that would come out of an atmosphere of talking about charity far more often. Putting those who only think about themselves to shame if that’s what they feel. If you don’t want to give to charity then fine. But if you know you should but you don’t then that’s not fine. If people are capable of making you feel guilty then clearly there’s something wrong with what you wanted to do.
That’s what I think anyway
