Entry 62

" Is it foolish to give money to beggars ? "
There has always been an argument in our house & among my friends whether to give money to beggars or not ...
I, myself, almost always give money to them ... esp. when they are young children ...
These days the number of young children who beg in the streets has increased ... These young boys or girls are between the ages of 8 & 13 ... they actually don't beg; they have something like gum, a box of razors, a box of adhesive tapes or pieces of paper on which the lyrics of the Iranian great, famous & well known poet _Hafez_ are written ...
Sometimes I argue with my father that since they're selling something, they are not beggars, but my father says that I don't know who takes the money I give to these children and what it is spent for , may be for drugs for the addicted people ...
I can understand what they say , but I can't stop doing it , I just make myself satisfied by giving them money ...