To have a blessed life, be a blessing

I always believe in giving - giving my time to my children's growing years, my excessive work time to educating young Singaporean children and doing volunteer work (#sgeatwithus), sponsoring a child for her education in Nepal (future village) and donating monthly to a non-profit organisation. Although the amount and effort is not fantastic, I believe in the starfish story (link) - it is not about the things that you cannot do, it is the things that you CAN do. Let's just help one person at a time.

This is aligned to this saying too - to have a blessed life, be a blessing. I am grateful that I am blessed with wonderful children, family members, friends and colleagues. Instead of waiting for others to help me, I will want to be one to help others first. There's joy in being able to support others and help them with what I have - be it a praise to build the child's confidence, or advice on financial or educational matters or perhaps just be a listening ear.

We will be blessed with abundance, when we start with abundance (giving).

Playa Cachagua, Chile, July 2019