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Originally posted by SecretGeek:
I was very young with newborns.I owned a house, cars, furniture, etc.
I had gotten laid-off by my employer because of a recession.
I went to the mail box one day and got an envelope that didn't have a return address.
It had a $100 bill inside (consider inflation).
It bothered me for a couple of decades because I couldn't thank the person.
So the energy was stored inside me all that time from the person that sent me the energy.
The only way I could release the energy is to do similarly.
That's how I figured out to always give anonymously.
Because motives are not in the equation and I know I am helping for the right reason.
Our self can be so conniving, we can take self out.
I love this story and the meaning you took from it, perhaps this is the closest we can get to an altruistic act - to give without knowing the person, situation or outcome.