Charity is not a question of money, but how they give generously.

On February 16, 2007, Kofi Annan, the newly retired UN Secretary-General, hosted a charity dinner in a manor in Texas, USA, to raise money for poor children in Africa. All the invited guests are wealthy businessmen and celebrities. When the dinner was about to begin, an old woman came to the gate of the manor with a girl. The little girl is holding a delicate porcelain jar in her hand.

Anthony, the security guard at the entrance of the manor, stopped the young and old. "Welcome, please show me the invitation, thank you." Anthony said.

"Invitation, I'm sorry, we didn't receive the invitation. She came, and I stayed with her. " The old woman stroked the little girl's head and said to Anthony.

"Sorry, except the staff, people without invitations can't go in." Anthony said. "

"Why? Is there no charity dinner here? We always express our wishes, don't we? " The old woman's expression is serious. "Lovely little Lucy, I learned from TV that charity activities will be held here for African children. She really wanted to take care of those poor children and decided to take out all the money in the piggy bank. I don't have to go in there. Really can't let her in? "

"Yes, there will be a charity dinner here. All the people invited are important. They will give generously to children in Africa. I'm glad you came here with love, but I don't think that occasion is suitable for you. " Anthony explained.

"Uncle, charity is not money, but heart, right?" Lucy, a little girl who didn't speak, asked Anthony. Anthony was stunned by her words.

"I know that the invited people are rich and they will come up with a lot of money. I don't have that much, but it's all my money. If I really can't get in, please help me bring this in! " The little girl Lucy finished and handed Anthony her piggy bank.

Anthony doesn't know whether to accept it or not. Just when he was at a loss, someone suddenly said, "No, son, you're right. Charity is not money, but heart. You can go in, and all caring people can go in. " It's an old man talking. He stood next to little Lucy with a smile on his face. He bent down and said a few words to little Lucy. Then he straightened up, took out an invitation and handed it to Anthony: "May I take her in?"

Anthony took the invitation, opened it and saluted the old man: "Of course, Warren, Mr. Buffett."

The protagonist of the charity dinner that day was not the initiator Annan, Buffett who donated $3 million, or Bill who donated $8 million? Gates, but little Lucy, who only donated 30 dollars and 25 cents, won the most and warmest applause. The slogan of the dinner became such a sentence: "Charity is not money, it is heart." The next day, the major media in the United States reported this charity dinner on the topic of this sentence. After reading the report, many ordinary Americans expressed their willingness to donate money to poor children in Africa.