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the more you give to charity the Richer
you get and what do you find yeah yeah
yeah you find that in subsequent years
when you give a dollar to charity you on
average there's about a160 that comes
back to you in subsequent years now I
was thinking when I first saw this got
to be the hand of God n it doesn't make
sense I didn't believe it actually I
thought there was something wrong with
my data and then I was working with this
psychologist I'm an economist I was
working with a psychologist he says no
we've been seeing this for years and
years people who give more money away
they get richer and they make way more
money back than that which they give
away and I'm like what happens is when
you give money away you become a problem
solver and your mind changes you become
a more effective person people who solve
problems and give their money away are
people who feel more effective and they
earn more money so that's fascinating
information the one who's speaking there
is Arthur Brooks and as he mentions he's
an economist and it was interesting he
says why is it people give charity end
up making more money he said at first I
was thinking maybe that's the hand of
God n it couldn't be right and then he
comes up with another explanation
which is a more of a psychological
explanation which is that after a person
gives charity it expands their mind all
right so I just want to point something
out which is that the hand of God
doesn't have to be an overt Miracle
sometimes the hand of God very often the
hand of God works through channels of
the natural world meaning the system of
how things were created and set up
including human nature so therefore
consider this the fact that we are wired
in such a way that when we do something
scary and give away our resources to
someone else that opens our minds and
makes us braver and more courageous and
more creative that also is the hand of
God so it's not one or the other it's
both and we see this that people do
something scary and selfless like giving
away their money it does expand their
mind and that itself is a divine
blessing that's also the hand of God
