How Minimalism Encourages Generosity

Have you ever felt so passionate about something that you dream about how generous you would be if you only had the money or extra time? Maybe it’s an after school program that needs funding, a natural disaster that’s left a community with massive losses, or helping to fund a project at church?

Giving of your time, money, and talents can be some of the most rewarding work you can do. Yet, it’s discouraging to see how things like debt, compulsory consumption, and lack of time inhibit our ability to give.

If you’re anything like me, watching people suffer pulls on the heart strings.

Take the following scenario for example:

You can’t believe it!

Your instinct and desire is to help. You want to donate lots of money. You want to hop on a plane and support the people and places you hold dear to your heart…but you can’t.

You don’t have the ability to take a few weeks off because you need the steady paycheck to pay the mortgage, car payment, and student loans. And speaking of money, you don’t really have enough to buy a plane ticket anyway.

If I only had more time and money, I’d help.

Sound familiar?

We are emotional beings. We are touched by the stories we see and how the life of others are greatly impacted in ways that might seem so simplistic.

The organizations of selfless service to others is endless. Our desire to help others in need might be endless, as well. But there’s an amazing disconnect between our generosity and our ability to do so.

Are you being called to give your money and time but feel held back?

Debt holds us back.

Organizing our home holds us back.

Cleaning out the garage holds us back.

Compulsive consumerism holds us back.

Keeping up with the Joneses holds us back.

Living the life our parents want us to live (and not our own) holds us back.

The lack of money in our bank accounts hold us back.

The lack of time for serving others holds us back.

The idea of minimalism is to be intentional with your time and resources to be able to boldly pursue your calling and passions.

There are other human beings on this planet that are counting on the love, kindness, and generosity of people like you and me. It’s up to us to be intentional with our time and financial resources and make room for purposes that are bigger than ourselves.

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