This morning when I was watching news program on TV, there was one thing that I still remember until now. It was about a donation program called toy donation. It was held in Central Java, Indonesia. The committee of the program said that all toy owners could give their toys to the committee. Then the committee would sell those toys in an auction. All the money of the result of the sale would be given to an orphanage in that area. After the auction was finished, one of the highest bidders was interviewed. She said that she was happy because she could donate her money to the orphanage through that charity. And then she hoped that she would get more for her life after she bought some toys with the highest price. Then I directly concluded: She helps orphans because she wants something in return.
Why didn't that woman just give? I mean that she just took out the money from her wallet to pay the toys and hoped that the money from her could do a little help to the orphans. Why did she think that she deserved to receive more after she donated her money? It's not wrong to have a positive hope, but her pure intention to help was not pure anymore. It became materialistic.
The same case happens to students. Students will give their extra effort to study for exams. They expect to get good scores. So they study hard to just want to get good scores? It will feel different if their intention to study hard is not to get good scores; but to know more from not knowing before. When they study hard, they are actually helping their brain to boost. And when they get good scores on the exams, that's a bonus.
So, let our heart and brain focus on helping when we help. Don't think about anything else. And when later on suddenly we get something good in our life, just say Alhamdulillah, thanks to God. That good thing comes from Him, because God is always good to us.
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