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KIND WORDS
The Warm Glow of Caring
The author wishes to remain anonymous Edited by Shmuel Greenbaum
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One very cold day last winter in Glasgow, Scotland I was waiting ages for a bus to take me home. Although I owned several pairs of gloves, I had forgotten to bring a pair with me that day and I was putting my hands in my pockets to keep them warm whilst waiting. By the time the bus finally came, my hands were frozen. As I boarded the bus I saw that it was very busy, and the only seat free was next to an older lady. So I sat down next to her and started rubbing my hands together to try to get the circulation going as my hands were blue. The lady glanced over and noticed what I was doing; then she very politely nudged me and insisted that I take her own pair of gloves to wear and keep. I protested vehemently that I couldn't take these from her, but she said that she hadn't far to go home and (like me) had masses of gloves spare in her house. I still have the gloves and they caused me a warm glow in every sense of the word! Can’t Sleep at "I was given a copy of the newly published book, A Daily Dose of Kindness at my son's wedding, and stashed it in my bag to take home after the wedding. I was still on a high after the happiness at the wedding, so at two in the morning what better way is there to settle down than sitting down to read about stories of kindness? It was the perfect way to end such a perfect day!" Get your copy and support Partners In Kindness at http://www.partnersinkindness.org/books.php "Once You Give It Away…" From Kindness: Making a Difference in People's Lives: Formulas, stories, and insights By Zelig Pliskin Printed with Permission of Shaar Press It has been said with regard to sharing what you have and know with others: Once you give it away, then it’s really yours, for you have the eternal merit of the kind act. The money you give to others is no longer material; it has been transformed into spirituality. The ancient alchemists wanted to turn simple metal into gold. That is what you are doing when you share your money with someone in need. The vital knowledge you share with others truly belongs to you when you pass it on from the data bank in your brain to the brain of another human being. This knowledge will live on and on. He will transfer it to the brains of others and they will utilize that knowledge themselves and keep passing it on. Your merit keeps growing with the positive effects that mushroom endlessly. A miser tries to hoard his money. But he is failing to utilize what he owns. If he were to realize how he is limiting his true wealth, he would hasten to find some worthy person, institution, or cause that would benefit from a portion of his fortune. The part that he gives away might seem to diminish the size of that fortune. In reality what he gives away remains his eternal possession and the true size of his fortune is calculated by what he gives and not by what he keeps. Some people use the expression, "He is worth ‘X’ amount of money." They usually refer to the money, investments, and property that someone has not yet given away. The expression would be more accurate if the calculations only included what one has donated to others. It has been said that a person has more pleasure from one share of his own than from nine shares that come from someone else. The money you give, the possessions you lend, and the knowledge you share are what belong to you. This has infinitely more value than what you don’t give, lend, and share. A person may overcome a phobia, a limitation, or a bad habit. That is a praiseworthy achievement. But a greater achievement is when that person shares his knowledge and experiences with others who have similar phobias, limitations, and habits. They are helped with his knowledge. They too can pass this on to others and more and more benefit from the original sharing. The value of the information that was given away expands and expands. If it were to have just remained in the first person’s brain cells it would have eventually disappeared without accomplishing a fraction of what it accomplished by being passed along. When you have a dilemma: Should I share what I have with others or should I keep it for and to myself. Make the wise decision. Focus on the future outcome of each choice. Give, lend, and share with those who could benefit. And then what is truly yours is increased. One of my students related the following story: When I was a young child, I resented the idea of sharing my belongings with others. "My toys are mine," I would say. "If I let others use them, than I am losing out. If I share the candies that are mine with others, then I have less." I retained this attitude as I grew older. I was often too embarrassed to refuse to give and share when I was asked to do so. But I would never volunteer, and I looked for ways and means to hold on to what was mine. I read somewhere, "Only what you give to others is really yours." This struck a true chord within me. When I kept things, I didn’t feel a sense of loss, but I didn’t feel expansively wealthy either. I started enjoying giving to others. It was unbelievable how my sense of personal wealth grew as I gave. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Kind Words is a free weekly e-mail distributed by Partners In Kindness. The archive for Kind Words e-mails is located at: Although the content of these e-mails contains copyrighted material, Partners in Kindness allows users who register at our website to reprint them in print, on a website, or on an e-mail distribution list at no cost. If you have permission to reprint this e-mail, please ensure that you reprint the entire e-mail (including this notice). 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