Our attitude toward giving to others, should be one of not expecting anything in return but to give just because we want to make the lives of people just a little bit brighter. Our giving should be free of pride and selfless in nature (1 John 3:16-18; cf. Deuteronomy 15:7-11).
This principle of selfless giving is well reflected in the following poem entitled, A Kindly Little Deed:
“I did a favour yesterday,
A kindly little deed,
And then I called to all the world
To stop and look and heed.
They stopped and looked and flattered me
In words I could not trust,
And when the world had gone away
My good deed turned to dust.
A very tiny courtesy
I found to do today;
Twas quickly done with none to see,
And then I ran away.
But someone must have witnessed it,
For truly I declare
As I sped back the stony path,
Roses were blooming there!” (source).
Wihla Hutson