Sharing fruits with beggars
I was coming in on the train and many beggars were coming for alms. I had just recently bought a bunch of bananas. I kept gifting them bananas, when the bananas were gone, I bought oranges and kept giving them.
Later I saw one beggar sitting in next compartment eating the orange. I felt happy being able to see the result of my actions. I would have also been happy otherwise, but seeing it used, gave me pleasure. I noticed he was dropping the peels of orange on the floor, so I offered him one more orange with a newspaper to throw the peels in.
He accepted and threw the peels in the newspaper. After his eating was finished, he collected the peels and threw them on ground, and took the newspaper with him. I started laughing seeing it.
Then a thought came, "Should I be angry, or should I tell him not to do it?" I answered ,"no" since I felt my karma was over and my heart told me that explaining to him was not correct at that moment and I kept laughing.
- Posted by lovingfriend
- Feb 8, 2015
- Comments (4)
- Share Story
Litter Light
Recently, I was at a park with a group of friends. We were releasing lanterns in the air, and it was enchanting and wonderful.
After we finished, one of my friends pointed out that the covers and other unnecessary parts of the lanterns were strewn all over the park grounds. People had just tossed them there.
Without thinking much about it, we set about picking up all the littered lantern parts. With such a large group, we finished in hardly 5 minutes!
On top of that, while we were picking up all the parts, people took notice and curiously asked why we were picking up garbage.
I think I am realizing the collective power of community. :)
- Posted by lovingfriend
- Nov 12, 2013
- Comments (16)
- Share Story