GoFundMe is fantastic. I love how you can donate money to virtually any worthy cause you wish. It's also great to see a worthy cause go viral and you can sometimes give ten bucks or so to a total stranger who desperately needs it. Let's be honest-all of us have "been there" before and needed a helping hand. Sometimes we are too proud to admit it. Starting a GoFundMe for a worthy cause is one of the greatest things you can do in 2017.
Notice I said "worthy cause" several times. There is a problem with GoFundMe sometimes: I'm not paying for your wedding, to give your restaurant air conditioning, or to pay for you to remove those terrible tattoos on your face that you shouldn't have gotten in the first place.
I've mentioned before that one of the best sayings is "A good prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich." It's true of course. A good priest/minister/annoying busybody can make anything sound sinful and evil, and the opposite is true. Sometimes you can make any GoFundMe sound like the most worthy cause in the world and you, you selfish monster, are horrible for not donating to it. With all the causes out there we can get compassion overload and we can feel like jerks for not donating to everyone. Since other people don't know what you do with your money,they can accuse you of being greedy/selfish if you don't donate to them. It's tough, but it's one of the few drawbacks with GoFundMe-while it brings out the compassion it us, it can also bring out the worst in us.
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