On the legacies we leave, behind, what will it be??? Money, good will, hope? What is, the most important thing, that you want to, leave behind, for the, world??? Translated…
Because of work, I met a ton of philanthropists who showed kindness to this, world. Their dreams are not to set up a colony on Mars, to go to the deepest part of the oceans to explore, nor, building a city without humans, but, how to make the planet less awful, or, to ensure, that in decades time, some people can and will, change for the, better.
For instance, a philanthropist would walk in the mountains for three hours, to see if there are, any changes to the farm in the distant regions he'd given to had, improved or not. There's one, who'd, used his influence and connection in his field of work, donated the medical needs of masks, equipment, through the non-diplomatic means, not only did he save the lives, he'd also set up the interactions of the two countries. Recently, I'd, discussed with them, how we can, help the children who'd become orphaned in the pandemic. Most of these children's parents, are medical professionals on the frontlines, and, most of these children are too young, to not realize, that their parents are, gone already. And, comparing to our means of managing them as cases, they'd only reminded us of two things: if they were your own children, how will you tell them? How do you systemize telling them what happened to their parents? These two are completely, contradictory to me: how would the parents sought out a model to raise their own young! Every child is unique, with the different resources that each individual child needs, and, parents would, need to, help them find their own ways in life that's best fitted to them individually. How can this be by the book, systematic, and one-size-fit-all? Later, we'd worked with the local not-for-profit organization, set up a set of support systems, and, it actually, became, systematic by the day.
giving back to the communities, making this world better...photo from online
Another philanthropist, had hoped that the amount donated can be put into setting up a hospital. "What system?", this is word with such wide meanings, I'd become, somewhat, confused. "It's easy to get the hardware going, but, the software in this hospital was, lacking. For instance, there's not enough of the nursing staff members, long hours of work, and, when these nurses worked too long, then, chances are, they would make the errors more easily, this is NOT the problem with the nursing staff, but with the systems. I want my donation to help them find a long-term means of operations." And suddenly, I'd become, more, knowledgeable, and, nobody knows, how long it's going to take, to set up such, a system of operations, and the complexities is, unimaginable, how long does he plan to work on this? And yet, after few rounds of discussions, we were actually, able to find a series of plans to enforce, from going abroad to observe, slowly, they'd develop a working means to operate. And, there were the philanthropists, who, at the final moments in their, lives, still told us how they'd wanted their donations to be, used, helping the universities to set up a stronger kinesiology department. Even as the person was already, gravely ill, even if the paperwork, everything is already, set to go with the professionals, he'd insisted on visiting the university personally, to ensure that the school knows what he'd wanted to, give to it.
When we oversaw the endowments of American philanthropists, in the process of discussion, we understand what they cared about the most. They rarely boasted about their amazing achievements from before, and all the matters on the taxes, they'd already, set everything up with their, attorneys prior, "What I will leave behind for the world" is what they cared about the most, what they'd, stressed. After I'd become acquainted with a certain philanthropist, I couldn't help but asked, "what will happen to your offspring? Don't you want to leave something behind for them too? As an emergency fund, even.", he'd responded, "the money won't give them any help that they're, in need, of". And most of these are the entrepreneurs, I think when they were younger and working hard, they'd only considered the benefits. And, this sort of a mindset still didn't change until the very end, it's just, that now, it's, directed toward a different targeted group, from before, they may have the development of their enterprises in mind, and taking care of their, employees, and now, it'd become, "how do I benefit this world". It's so very cool, to work hard, to ensure what they'd worked so hard to gain, becomes, a gift to the, world!
And so, this is on the motives to do good, because we want to leave a legacy, because we want to make a difference in the lives of those who come after us, because we want to contribute what we can (maybe it's quite small!), to make this world a better place, and that, is the shared state of mind of all these, entrepreneur, philanthropists that this writer had come into contact with, shared, and we need more people like these, because this world is too driven by personal benefits, and greed too.
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