The Day I Learned Giving

When we give willingly from our own share — out of free will and without any compulsion — it expands our heart. The satisfaction we feel is far greater than what we would have experienced by consuming it ourselves. There is something magical in such giving. But when giving is forced or done under pressure, it leaves us feeling deprived rather than fulfilled. True giving must flow from the heart, without any expectation of return. Only then does it uphold both the need and the dignity of the receiver. Our own heart tells us whether our giving was selfish, compelled, or truly willful. A willful act of giving brings immediate joy — it carries no pain. When a sense of oneness, born of love for all, fills our heart, we begin to see that the opportunity to give from our share is far greater than the temptation to keep it for ourselves.