Happiness When We Can "Giving"

By: Muhaimin Iqbal

THREE YEARS AGO , when I decided to leave my profession in the financial world that long-my field for 20 years until mentog more-I say goodbye to colleagues in the industry both inside and outside the country. One commentthat I remember when it was greeting my partner, executive of the giant companies in Germany. Well he said, " You have a very strange way to enjoy life ... "(You have an odd way of enjoying life!).

I long to try to understand these words, even I also had hesitated whether to abandon a career peak in the financial world and all kinds of amenities - I can get a new happiness ...?.

Indirectly, slowly but surely ... this new happiness was indeed present. In a strange shape and is very different from the old happiness. I want to share in this paper to motivate my colleagues who want to jump attempt - but is still reluctant to leave all sorts of facilities enjoyed today.

Here's another difference between the happiness of the old with the new happiness:

Happiness Lama (Owned Workers and Executives):

-When I started working before, the days are fun are the last days before payday. Until there is a joke tiger what are the most happy? , The answer is 'day would' pay. Why the days leading payday us happy?, Because our income barely enough for a month - then when we account replenished from the position which was almost empty - we become happy.

Other-Happiness is when we receive holiday allowances, salaries to 13, annual bonuses and the like. This can cover other needs such as filling larger savings, down payment house, car etc..

-When our career continues to climb and up to a peak; income we actually no longer consumed in a month. But still willing to pay a happy day because it was our money in the bank to grow.

-The more the happy to executives is that when closed the book with a good annual results, executives will get his bonus - which could be very special - if the company performs well.

New Happiness (Belongs to The Entrepreneurs):

-In the early days of the end of business each month is a stressful time, so we can not provide the salaries of our employees on time?. After payday, our savings in the bank siphoned off almost gone but there are no less great happiness with experienced employees who receive a salary - that is happiness in being able to pay all employees on the payroll -us.

After a well-run company, tensions ahead of this payday no longer appears - but happiness is still there - that is happy to give salary.

-Because it is happy to be there - when we reduced accounts - other keorang move is to hire the employees, then the long run 'day would' pay is also the happiness of its own routine. Every Saturday afternoon for example, I saw a few tens of employees working at the ranch Jonggol Farm - happy to go home with their own families - the day they came home with his weekly salary. Are not only those who are happy, I also share the incredible joy because until the day we are still chosen by God to 'pass' rizkiNya want distributed to dozens of employees.

Kebagiaan bigger-is when we are able to give holiday allowances or the like.

So it turns out there are fundamental differences relating to money alone (of course many other happiness is not related to money at all!) From when we become employees or executives with when we plunge into entrepreneurship.

The first group of happy when the bill increases of salary or bonus, the second group was still able to not less happy when the account is reduced to pay salaries or THR.

Happiness is when giving a push is apparently the number 2 richest man (Bill Gates with a fortune of U.S. $ 53 billion) and number 3 of the world (Warren Buffet with a fortune of U.S. $ 47 billion) mid last year to invite hundreds of America's richest people to donate 50% of their wealth to various social and humanitarian activities.

Happiness by giving did not belong only to Muslims who in his religious guidance are encouraged to lots of 'give' in its various forms whether it is obligatory like to pay zakat, pay the wages of workers and the like, as well as the nature of the sunna as infaq for social activities, humanitarian assistance etc..

What was done by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet can also be a lesson for us, that happiness was not only arise when the money continue to multiply - but happiness also arise from 'give' the result of years of toil for others who are more need.

If only rich people of this country follow the recommendations Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, inshaAllah famine victims would not keep popping up in this country. Furthermore, if only we could follow the principle of 1 / 3 as illustrated in an authentic hadith, inshaAllah Allah will continue to lower the 'rain' rizki to us - even when other countries hit by 'scarcity' financial crisis.Hopefully. *

The writer is director GeraiDinar.com, columnist www.hidayatullah.comSource: 

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