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April 1, 2008
For the past two weeks I have been annoyed with one person all because I did not grasp the true spirit of giving.
Last year my husband did a lot for this person and I did not mind at all at first but overtime I felt that this person did not appreciate our help. I quickly overcame those feelings and focused on his good qualities because I really did like him as a person and I did my best to let him know that I wanted to be his friend.
Then two weeks ago my husband asked this person for help with something and the person that we did so much to help then we just asked for a small favour asked my husband for money in return for this small favour! When I found out that my husband gave him money I became very annoyed with this person and kind of had the attitude that he owes us another favour.
Finally yesterday I started to feel guilty for my attitude and I realized that I needed to possess the true spirit of giving. I realized that it is so important to give to people without expecting anything in return. We helped this person because we wanted to help him and we felt that it was the right thing to do. Hopefully I can remember what it truly means to give as I help others from now on.
Horaayy..there are 3 comment(s) for me so far ;)
Please do not use Keywords for your name.Maybe its human nature, maybe its a philosophy we read somewhere : Do unto others, what you want others to do unto you.
so we often feel, think, want, wish that whatever and however we treat another person, that particular man or woman should treat us the same way.
But hey, welcome to the world of imbalance, that doesn’t really happen all the time.
I am guilty of that - no doubt. Its not about anger its about disappointment. But again, if there’s no expectation, there’ll never be disappointment.
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That’s a very nice thought…Not many people could think that way. I am also still learning how to be a person with true spirit of giving. Thanks for writing this. It reminds me to keep learning how to do this better.
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It’s probably natural to have feelings like that .. but takes effort to realize that you need to have a true spirit of giving and I think thats great. You can only worry about what you do and do your best to help others without the expectation of getting something in return. Although you will get blessings.
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