Thanks for your kind words! :-)
You’re right about what you wrote and I’ll give something very nice to the woman I was talking about. She is a good person and even if life for her is not very soft, she has light in her soul and in her eyes. She deserves something good in her existence and I’ll do my best to make her a beautiful surprise!
Thank you again for your encouragement and for suggestions!
May God bless all the world! :-)

Love and appreciation,
Carmen Larisa

nice to read what u wrote ! hey ! did u buy an expensive gift like maybe a bottle of perfume for that lady, out of your prize money !

aditya

Thank you for being a magnet of like-minded souls.

With all my heart, P.

Thank you for sharing the touching story above with us and also for allowing your readers into your private experiences! :-)
I also like to thank the others for their answers from which we all learn something good concerning life in general. :-) Many thanks, Yajna and Kathleen for your comments.
Speaking of giving and receiving, I believe that it is very important when offering something to someone, no matter what you give, to do it joyfully and not to expect anything in return!
For example, in Romania, it is a custom to offer food, clothes on certain occasions, when it’s the celebration of those who died from your family, or dear friends in their memory, to bring back good remembrances about them, we call it “pomana,” a sort of charity. You can do it whenever you want to give something and also remember dear ones who passed away.
But you can give anything anytime if you want to please the others, to make them joyful and offer beautiful surprises and fulfilment, satisfaction will also come to you at the same time! In joy we are all united, we are ONE!
For example, I give some money to beggars, people in need, especially to old people and children and also hope that things will improve for them, for everyone, to live in a more beautiful world. A sort of giving food, money and so, even it’s a simple incense stick for the sake of making others happy.
There is an old lady in front of the Mall in my town, and I give her some money whenever I see her. I am impressed by her decence, common sense and I am glad to meet her to offer her a little sum, just to see the glow in her eyes, and I also wish her “good health” and all the best.
Yesterday there was a person in front of me who didn’t notice her or didn’t want to give her anything, it doesn’t matter so much, and she was disappointed, looking down sadly. Then, I saw her, I held her hand and gave her a little money and looked into her eyes to comfort her as much as I could.
The surprise was so big that she even had a few tears in her eyes, tears of joy this time, saying “thank you” many times. I felt that I had to say to her that everything would be allright.
She said that I have a good heart and taht I take care of her ever time I pass by and then, in joy I felt like being the same person, because we all are a little bit beggars in our hearts, we want something good in our lives, we ask God for something good all the time…
And surprisingly, this afternoon, someone called me from a magazine that I have won 1000 Euros to buy clothes, accessories, perfumes from their stores. It was pure luck, to send a piece a paper with your name and address on it and win! It just struck me that from the material point of view I received 1000 times more, but infinite times more on the spiritual level…
So, tomorrow I’ll go shopping! :-)
But I must admit that I feel that the joy of giving without anything in return, compares to nothing. It is overwhelming satisfaction to see that you were able to make others happy, even if for a few moments. It is worth all the effort in the world and it’s more than buying for yourself, when after a while you get bored of what you have and want something else more. Our hearts are content when we make others content. This is real spiritual nourishment, to treat others as we want God to treat us.

Lots of love and appreciation,
Carmen Larisa