Why?
Wherever I go asking for donation, people ask me
why I would “waste” my time doing this and why I don’t go, sit at home and
study, frankly I’d rather spend my time doing this because it not only helps me
feel like a better person but it makes people happy, inspires other children to
be doing the same thing and what not, some people think I do this so that it
looks good on my college application, some think it’s because I want fame, and
some think my parents force me to be doing this, to be true I don’t think any
of us kids doing this least care about a college degree or fame, it makes us
happy and so we do it. A few weeks ago me and my friend were really bored, we
had nothing to do and so we took out a sheet, scribbled a few things on and wrote
why we wanted people to donate to poor children, we thought about handing out
flyers but we almost forgot that we had to be the change we want to see in
people, and so we set out and collected donation from the apartments we live
in, we had collected enough money to feed about 20 children, seeing their faces
after they are given such a small thing like biscuits is something that cannot
be expressed by words, cookies, we can eat those every day, but 1 pack of them
can make a child’s day, their joyous faces
lighten up your mood for days, it makes me wonder that I want an i-phone, a new
T.V but all they want are normal everyday things like toothbrushes, books,
toffees, towels, soap, etc. If this is all they want why do we need more? We
are all human, none of us have super-ultimate needs, then why can’t we be happy
in what we have, we are lucky enough to have it, and you will realise that once
you see the look on the little kids faces full of joy when they receive a piece
of candy. Most of my friends were not
too excited but since my mom does this and my dad is very
generous with everyone who asks for his help, I think they have passed on the
same emotions to me. When we were done distributing cookies and biscuits me and
my friends could not wait to do this again. Last year we actually put up a
stall for selling cupcakes and cookies, all the money that we got was given to
Arnimaal so that they could buy books and games for more children. This tells
you that we kids don’t “waste” our time doing this, we use this time to make
people happy, make ourselves better people, and of course spread the message,
so next time you see a kid standing at your door step asking for donation, DO
NOT THINK TWICE! Just do it, trust me.
-Eshaa
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