{"id":1108,"date":"2022-09-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalmykov.info\/volunteering-charity-and-social-activities-as-a-means-of-self-development\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T14:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T12:17:05","slug":"volunteering-charity-and-social-activities-as-a-means-of-self-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/volunteering-charity-and-social-activities-as-a-means-of-self-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering, charity and social activities &#8211; as a means of self-development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, September 5, is the International Day of Charity.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/charity-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/charity-day<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I never really imagined myself as a philanthropist.<br>Or rather, I did not think that I would systematically get engaged in volunteering, charity, development and implementation of social projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, as a doctor in the third generation, I was brought up precisely in the spirit of helping (serving?) others.<br>Somehow, without realizing why, I always strive to help (both in life and especially in the medical field), not expecting an immediate reward.<br>Not always adequately (something like: &#8220;to catch up &#8211; and force good&#8221; or &#8220;at any cost&#8221;, even to the detriment of myself and relatives), but always with a sincere desire to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And along my way, different things happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many, first of all, do not value their own saved or restored life, improved health.<br>As a result, they do not feel any special gratitude,<br>no desire to make an effort and help to their own.<br>And sometimes they can\u2019t even accept help normally, hating or not caring about\u2026 not even me, but their own life and health\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years I have been thinking about what&#8217;s for I live (what is the Mission, Calling, etc.). At different times I found slightly different answers &#8211; and at the moment Care and Help are in priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all of us, the war especially &#8220;tested the strength&#8221; of the Way chosen by each of us.<br>Someone has chosen the Ways of Fighter, Guardian, Leader, Mercy, etc.,<br>and someone &#8211; and blackmail, collections, threats, betrayal, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My volunteering, charity and social activities have become for me an ethical means of self-knowledge, self-development and self-improvement.<br>On this way, I have met the most amazing people, with whom I would hardly even have crossed paths under other conditions\u2026 And now we are here &#8211; shoulder-to-shoulder!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you, all my personal and our corporate (with &#8220;Association of Humanitarian Centers&#8221;) partners, mentors, colleagues!..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy holiday, happy International Day of Charity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does charity mean to you, what is its role in your life?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, September 5, is the International Day of Charity.https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/charity-day I never really imagined myself as a philanthropist.Or rather, I did not think that I would systematically get engaged in volunteering, charity, development and implementation of social projects. Of course, as a doctor in the third generation, I was brought up precisely in the spirit of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[55],"tags":[102,104,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1115,"href":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions\/1115\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalmykov.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}