One of the chapters in my soon to be released book, The Millionaire Nurse discusses the importance of giving.  No one becomes a successful nurse/person without much help along the way.  This may be an accident of birth-having loving parents.  Or is it a special mentor/teacher/friend who showed you the way, when you were close to giving up? Giving money or our time in service to others is a way of paying back for all the blessings we have received.

Free Money Finance has a great blog post today about givers.  The premise is that those who give are happier, and as a result tend to become wealthier.  The post is based on an article written by an economist at BYU studying the act of giving.

I placed my chapter on giving at the end of my book.  After reading these discussions, maybe I should have put that chapter at the beginning. There are a lot of stories out there about those whose giving continued even during times when it would be easy to say “maybe next month”.

One of the nurses in my practice was just discussing the other day-how, in her experience, every time she thought there was no way she could make that tithe check not bounce-the money just seemed to always be there.  God works in mysterious ways, but He does work.

So let us all remember, don’t wait until you are successful to give.  Even those of us who have little money can give a little of our time to help others.  Ring the Salvation Army bell, be a big brother or big sister.  Help out at a soup kitchen, or go by the nursing home and visit the elderly as another nurse friend of mine does.

As the above posts discusses, it may not just make you feel richer, and happier;  you may truly be better at building your own wealth if you learn to give sooner, rather than later.

Please let us know your stories on giving-how it makes you feel and whether you feel happier as a result.