The essence of humanity is based on all things positive. Which means we have an understanding of what all is negative for us. This knowledge is needed to survive. To hide that hostile conception, we give it a positive spin. Charity is one such thing.

We all know resources are limited or quantifiable. It goes for both natural and manufactured products. There are limits. And so, when wealth leans towards a select few, it automatically means someone is left lacking. Is it always justified, is a different debate. Because nothing in this world is just - neither nature nor the human world. We cannot say for sure that the one who doesn't get a share of the limited resources didn't work hard enough. It is not always dependent on effort and sometimes people seem to get lucky or are born into wealth. That which not many accept. I'd say it is the odds of randomness being on your side.

Getting back to charity, it can only be done by the one that owns something. You know, someone who is in a position to part with what they possess. It starts by determining that one owns more than many others. One must compare themselves with the one that owns a lesser share of the limited resources.

Let's also bring to mind the fact that we have come too far from the 'basic needs is enough' narrative. Most of us own more than we can content with in our lifetime. To mask our hoarding, we partake in charity. We only give what we are comfortable giving.

Many participate in charity to gain positive attention and feel good. Yet for others it is get tax write-off. For a select few, it is to divert negative scrutiny. No one wants people to revolt against one's monetary obscenity. We all want to be seen as someone who is grateful.

But here is the thing, gratitude is one being thankful for being in a better position than the others. One has to be superior to the rest in some sense to be grateful. We are grateful about avoiding what's negative and receiving what's positive for our continued existence.

We invent positivity to hide the negativity that dominates our individuality. Sometimes we extend this selfish attitude to our family and friends. And so, the essence of humanity is not all things positive. In fact, it is beating the odds and coming out as the winner.

Are we decorous enough to accept that?

Now, being selfish is a good thing. Because only when we are selfish to the core, will we absorb the crude reality that we need the others to survive in the human world. Interdependence is the essence of human society and in turn the essence of humanity. Therefore, charity is fair-to-middling.

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“Sharing was caring, I thought,” she griped.
“Only when you get robbed. That is the most selfless sharing. If it is to make yourself feel good or out of guilt of hoarding too much, then it is not sharing.”
Zeenat was amazed at how strangely he condemned charity. “Is it all wrong then?”
“Nothing is wrong or right. I’m just stating what it is. Any act of charity is associated with guilt or self-grandeur.” He leaned forward. “You felt guilty for throwing away food when someone else could use it and feel grand to have been in a position to give.”
Ekluvya paused to breathe, and Zeenat felt all the air around her siphoning inside his lungs. She twitched.
“I’m incapable of feeling both.” He announced, standing behind his massive, comfortable leather chair, indisputably made by killing and skinning an animal.