Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Scarf with a Mission


--by beastly, posted Apr 14, 2013

I recently received a story from a friend:

So after a recent meditation group gathering, a wonderful soul that I trust and admire asked me to give away a beautifully constructed scarf with a smile card. I mean, living in New York City in the dead of winter, I thought this should be easy.

 

There is a woman who sits outside in the cold, near my office building every single day. I instantly thought, Let me give it to her. She appears to be homeless,  it is cold, and she sits there all day, everyday, outside of one of the richest jewelry stores in the world. Excitedly, I went to give her the scarf.

 

She said, "What is it?"

 

I told her, and she said, "No, I don't want it."

 

And in that moment I was both perplexed and humbled. I wanted to plead with her, "It's cold, it’s snowing, you don't have a scarf!" 

 

But she looked at me and said, "I don't want it," again.

 

In that strength of knowing what she wanted and didn't, I realized that there was something very powerful about her, but something also very powerful about knowing what you want in life. And I was humbled. Who was I to assume anything about anyone?

 

I continued walking, and a few blocks later, another person sitting outside in the cold happily accepted the scarf. All of this ended up reminding me of  a quote:

 

"The more you give, the more you will receive, because you will keep the abundance of the universe circulating in your life. In fact, anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given. That which doesn´t multiply through giving is neither worth giving nor worth receiving. If, through the act of giving, you feel you have lost something, then the gift is not truly given and will not cause increase." (Deepak Chopra)

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Readers Comments

urielus1 wrote: Great lesson! Thanks for sharing it.
Storme wrote: I love that quote; very inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing.
vdo321 wrote: I wonder the same thing as twinkle - everyone has a story and it would be interesting to know hers
joyannie wrote: This story made me smile. Thank you
Mish wrote: Much fortuitous giving for you my friend in kindness!
jsmc10 wrote: huh, I hope that's true about things of value being multiplied, the world will be one big community :)
denisemj wrote: Yeah! perseverance pays off :)
FairyBubbles wrote: Your post has really made me think - I wonder who the lady is that sits outside the building and what her story is.

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