Your Decisive Reason for Giving Back

Have you ever found yourself on the receiving end of a random act of kindness, an unexpected word of affirmation or helpful mentoring you received during difficult times? Perhaps your personal act/s of kindness surprised you emotionally by the way your thoughtfulness was received. Either way, showing kindness and being appreciative represents the power of equal opportunity, relational nurture and depth.

The complementary nature between giver and receiver demonstrates how empathy in one can awaken interpersonal meaning in another.

There is no doubt that giving back will trigger a chain reaction where mutual respect and gratitude is defining of an individual’s value ethics.

Giving back requires sacrifice, cost and sometimes a lot of effort. It can therefore challenge your motive for wanting to repeat your action, especially when your generosity seems unappreciated. However great or small, giving back to people, places or things establishes the power of personal/social empowerment. It demonstrates an individual’s motivation of human goodness. This creates a positive cycle that serves to strengthen belief in human nature for wanting to return the gift somewhere else. Your decisive reason for giving back is the dynamism of motivation.

Motivation can turn ‘powerful reasons into concrete actions while not giving a second thought for wanting to repeat them’.