what we reap is what we sow

by **robin_force** Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:05 pm

Anthony Robbins well known motivator told of a touching story of “giving” when he was a kid. When he was a kid his parents worked extremely hard to take care of the family. Unfortunately they were financially tight. One Thanksgiving, when they had no money to buy food, something miraculous happened. Someone arrived at the front door with a box full of canned goods and a turkey. The man, who delivered it, said that is from someone who knew they would not ask for anything and he loved them and wanted them to have a great Thanksgiving. Anthony never forgot that day. So every Thanksgiving, he will go out and buy about a week's worth of food and deliver it to a family in need. He would deliver the food as a worker or delivery boy, never as the person actually providing the gift. He always leave a note that says, “This is from someone who cares about you and hopes someday you will take good care of yourself so that you’ll go out and return the favor for someone else in need.”

Moral of the Story

I think that you will agree with me that the world will be a better place to live in if we care for each other and help those who are less fortunate to have a better life. When we do something out of our heart, we feel much happier and we in turn make others happy. We reap what we sow. Make sure that when you give, it is out of sincerity and no one knows about it. If you announce it to the world, you have already received your just reward and there is nothing more to it. Make sure that when you give from your right hand, your left hand does not know about it.

In Islam there is a Hadith mentioned

وعن حكيم بن حزام -رضي الله عنه-، عن النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قال: اليد العليا خير من اليد السفلى، وابدأ بمن تعول، وخير الصدقة ما كان عن ظهر غنى، ومن يستعفف يعفه الله، ومن يستغن يغنه الله متفق عليه، واللفظ للبخاري.

The hand that giving is better than the hand that is receiving.

by **issarosette** Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:34 pm

ameen... thanks for sharing robin

what we reap is what we sow

what we reap is what we sow

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