~When you stick to give, you'll receive ~

:: GiVe AnD yOU wIlL ReCEiVe.. HeAleD aNd YoU wILl Be HeALeD ::

So, what is there in giving?? I mean.. all of this while we hear the so called "good" people talking about : THE MEANING OF LIFE IS AT GIVING.. But being in this self-centered world, it's hard to just give without having the thought to receive back.. People would prefer to have the thought : What you give, you get back.. ( just for motivation I guess and there's really nothing wrong in it... at least to a certain extent). Just to give an overview of this concept let's watch this super awesome video by Topaz about the essence of humanity (in my own view of what giving means) .. enjoy : D

essence of humanity (what giving means to me)

Sweet right? I mean the video. It's super nice. It makes you want to smile when you see how everyone is linked.. and the best part is that what goes around comes around.. even in our normal life...

"A random act of kindness just lead to more kindness" 

So, for me, giving simply means being nice to everyone because that's how you give a part of yourself to the world while getting some part of others for yourself because everything is a cycle, well.. if not rewarded in this world then rest assure in the here after we'll be rewarded, insyaAllah and that is the best reward of all.. yuppp.. being nice... sounds so idealistic right?? mmmmmmmm.. agak r di situ  kot...

Actually the best part when you give is the feeling that comes with it, you know... the feeling when you get to do something good even if it is just a small deed is just soooooo nice.. if you know what I mean.. because in His eyes, every little things that we do, every amount of effort that we put matters.. sometimes the reason behind us being nice or doing charity is to make ourselves feel good and not really about the people who we're helping, which brings us to a point to ponder.... when we help others, we are actually helping ourselves.. it's like, let me help you to help you help ME.. 

“When you give someone charity be thankful to them. You may befixing their dunya, but they are fixing your akhirah.” Shaykh Waleed Basyouni

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oki,, do you know what feels even better than GIVING?? 

It is when 

WE GIVE OTHERS THE CHANCE TO GIVE...

and I learned it first hand from my MED DAY experience in raising fund for hospitals.. 

and why do I say this??.. mmmmm.. 

To tell you the truth, when I first got to the assigned place, Red Cow, it was really torturous. I was greeted with such unwelcoming harsh wind and freezing cold temperature that I couldn't even feel my hands and feet. To make matter worse after walking around the small industrial town for quite sometimes, I can see no one outside the building and that was definitely not a good sign for any fund raising activities. After a while my teammate decided to call the person in charge asking whether we should just go someplace else but the answer was "NO, just stay and do whatever you can" and I was like "erkkkkkkkkkkkk"... dumbfounded.. trying to keep myself calm I prayed

 ربي يسر ولا تعسر ربي تمم بالخير

"O Allah, make it easy, and do not make it difficult. O Allah, make it end well"

And alhamdulillah, eventually things worked out just fine and I learned a lot from the simple "NO!" instruction.. to list but a few are : patience, perseverance, teamwork, give people the benefits of doubt, smile ^^ is the key to success, and always wear you thermal wear =.=''. 

But the thing that I want to stress here is the fact that why do this kind of fundraising where the fund raisers got all the free breakfast and t-shirts, when we can just allocate the money invested for the free stuffs to the hospitals  and not have the fund-raising-activity in the first place? I mean .. come on, it's not like each fund-raiser got to raise a whole lot of money (well, maybe some people do get to raise a lot more than the others but the average might not even raise as much money as to the free gifts that they got... kottttt.. hehhe.. :p ). OR why not just ask each med student to donate an amount of money to match the donations in the previous year and NOT HAVE THE FUND RAISING ACTIVITY??... mmmmmmmmmmmmm....

My MED-DAY group.. ^^ just the three of us~ 

Well, the answer would be ( saya rasa larr, huhuhuh ) because they want the med students to experience themselves the hardship/sacrifice to earn that little amount of money so that they know what a medical world entails. It is sort of a sneak peak introduction of the sacrifice to be made of how we, as medic student would have to give parts of ourselves to the community while sparing some for ourselves.. and as to why can't the med student just donate their own money instead of going around asking for some from strangers, is because this is the chance for US TO GIVE OTHERS THE CHANCE TO GIVE.. the MESSAGE OF GIVING is far more important than the amount or the things given. In fact I learned a lot from the givers / those who donate and their words meant the world :

Handsome young lad : 

"I know it's not much but I hope it helps" 

Nice old woman : 

"Don't bother to remove your gloves to give me the sticker,because you must be cold in this weather"

Little girl and her mom : 

"Mommy can I put in the money.." "sure dear" 

Wheelchair bound old man : 

"Here's some money for the hospitals. It's nice to see young people doing charity work"

A young woman: 

"ooow, it's for the hospitals is it? Well, I love to donate some. Just wait till I get the money out ok?"

Mom and his young boy : 

"don't bother about that." "But mom.. I want to give my money to her.. here's some coins for charity (while grinning and ran away)"

A young lady : 

"I really want to give but you see, right now I only have my cards"

Me : 

"Thank you so much. Have a nice day :') (with my most lovely smile)

Everyone : 

"Don't mention it. It's all for charity and have a nice day to you too" (with smiles on their faces)

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~and that is the end of my story of GIVING~ ^^