2024 is coming to a close and as we look back on the past twelve months, it is worthwhile to reflect on what has been most meaningful to us, including the people we have invested in and how we have filled our lives with goodness and purpose. For some, this could mean spending more time with our parents or children. For others, it could be reaching our academic, professional, fitness or health goals. But for others yet, which might include you, this could be helping the underprivileged all around us who we can build up and bless with our support.
Here are 5 reasons to support charities this New Year!
Start the new year on a positive note
New Year’s resolutions are so popular and effective – for the most part – because it presents us with a clean slate on which to plan the next entire year of our lives. The last week of December is usually the time we flip the pages of our journals and write down all the things we want to accomplish, starting on the 1st of January 2025. When we begin the new year with good deeds, it helps set the tone for the coming year on a positive note, knowing that our acts of kindness will reach people in homes across India and help them share in the happiness of welcoming a brand new year.
Know that you are a part of progress
There are always problems or issues happening around the world that touch people’s hearts. From an earthquake to a famine to a manmade disaster, these issues spark conversations online and on social media that reflect people’s concern for victims and a willingness to step forward and help them. For instance, the social media posts of people affected by the landslides in Wayanad saw people donate to relief efforts in such large numbers, knowing that they did their small part to be of service to communities affected by this natural disaster.
Let your compassion add meaning to your life
Life keeps us busy – that’s a fact. From the moment we wake up each morning, we’re trying to get our household chores done, our work completed on time and all our tasks checked off our to-do lists. But when asked, most of us would want to make a positive and cheerful impact in the lives of others. Those warm and fuzzy feelings we get when we send someone a present and see them happy – is unmatched. Helping people who have so little in their lives gives our own lives purpose and meaning and makes us feel that we are spending our lives doing something worthwhile.
Build families and communities around you
Our small act of generous and charitable giving can build and uplift entire communities around us. For instance, when we help a struggling child go to school by covering the costs of their education, we can help that child be qualified for better jobs in the future and this improved income will in turn help their next generation have better food, better health and better education. This is just one example of how our helpfulness can change the trajectory of entire families and communities – just by your decision this new year to make the world a better place.
Inspire others with your goodness
Goodness is contagious. If making the world a better place is something you consider important, your acts of kindness create a ripple effect that spreads far and wide to help people with the greatest need. When you prioritize charitable acts, you inspire those who see your generosity, reflect on their own abilities to do the same and set in motion their desire to spread goodness in the lives of others. This December, as we start to make resolutions for the new year, let us prioritize setting a good example for people around us with our helpfulness.
This 2025, support a charity!
As we head into a new year, make “giving back” a priority so you can be a part of uplifting individuals, families and entire communities out of suffering and despair and setting them on a path toward a better future. Happy New Year!
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Shirley has been in the development sector for over 10 years and is passionate about making a change in the world around her, including adopting dogs and writing to make a difference.
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