Science shows that giving is good for you
Bob and Leslie are blessed by helping the Orphanage
In this Christmas season of giving, there have been several recent studies looking at giving and how it affects you. The results are interesting!
The University of Minnesota looked at how people responded when they were prompted to think about money. Reported in the Neuromarketing Blog named Thinking About Money, they found that:
. . the findings suggest that thinking of money puts people in a frame of mind in which they don’t want to depend on others and don’t want others to depend on them.
The University of Chicago, in a massive General Social Survey, showed that donors - defined as someone who has given to a charity at least once a year - are statistically more likely to help others.
- 15% more likely than nondonors to give directions to a stranger.
- 17% more likely to give up their place in line.
- 22% more likely to give up a seat on the bus.
- 46% more likely to give food or money to a homeless person.
- 125% more likely to give blood.
I thought of these recent studies, when I received an encouraging note from Leslie H., Minnesota:
What a blessed day I’ve had. I just returned from shopping and picked up some toys and clothes for a few of the kids. I can’t begin to tell you how much FUN that was. What a privilege it is to contribute to the El Sauzal Foundation! I strongly urge anyone to try it and see how God will bless them in return. I pray in anticipation for the day Bob and I can go down and see all those smiling faces again.
Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” How nice of science to prove God’s word!