Featured on the Hong Kong Economic Journal (December 28, 2013)
“Mummy, I don’t need any Christmas presents this year. I hope Santa gives gifts to children in the Philippines instead”
I heard this from one of the parents whose child comes to JEMS and it warmed my heart. To have children think about others more than themselves, this is a true blessing.
Giving is better than getting
Every time I take children to do community service, I tell them this:
Getting = makes you happy
Giving = makes someone else happy => makes you happy = makes 2 people happy
When we get a gift, it may make us happy but when we give a gift, it makes someone else happy and we should also get happiness from seeing how someone else is happy. So according to my mathematics, giving is better than getting!
Thankfulness
Being thankful is a trait that most people would deem important. It involves lookin