Conflict !

Hello,

The other day, I was sitting at my laptop, which is actually on a desk (!), to prepare for the next issue of The Wellness Today. Usually I forget everything around me when I am into tasks like this, especially when it is on a computer.

Then comes a 'ping' on my chat window. One of my online friend, a boy taking his final steps to become a full-fledged doctor, was there. He is a very creative and enthusiastic person. The only problem with him, I believe, is over enthusiasm and a little too much interference in others' matters. Anyways, I believe it is good to pick up crystals of our choice from a heap of sand, of course, when there is one! So I listened (read) to him and his comments and started thinking about one thing, after all the discussion and 'goodbye'.

That was about charging or giving for free. I started this e-zine, initially with a fee to subscribe. Later, after thinking for 1-2 days, I and my wife felt that it would be better if we give health and wellness information without charging for it, as this is a noble cause of serving the humanity. But then, how do we manage our costs of publishing, hosting, paying writers and so on? Finally, we decided to keep an optional 'donation' button.

Then, as mentioned above, my friend started saying that we should not collect even donation ! Now, my dear readers, please write us your opinion on this. Is it a bad idea to keep "optional donation", when we are giving all the information, which costs us some bucks, for free?