A short YouTube talk (transcript excerpt) in which the speaker recounts receiving help to pay $800 for college books after returning from overseas volunteer work, then urges listeners that help need not be monetary — their time, thoughtfulness, compassion, kindness, and words are valuable resources.
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I have been helped out along the way. When I had hard times, I had a semester at college where I had $800 worth of books. I had just come from overseas working for a volunteer organization. I didn't have it, and someone actually paid for my books. So I'm just saying, not everybody can do that. But how important it is just help one person. And the second part of that is this. I used to think it had to be monetary. I used to think I had to support and help humanity with money. But I realized, and what I really want to encourage everybody here today is that if you don't have money to give someone, you're limited on your resources. I would say you are the resource. Look at yourself as a resource. Your time, your thoughtfulness, your compassion, your kindness, your words.