I have realized that it is infinitely easier to be kind to a stranger, than to one you already know. Charity in the case of the latter, has to start where you left off the last time. Whereas the former is unencumbered by your past history of kindnesses.
Random acts of charity earn you more blessings, happiness and satisfaction than a regular charitable habit.
Take for instance a beggar on the street. If you were to walk up to one and give him a 50 Re note, he would first look at the note in incredulity and then at you in reverence. You would be vaulted straight to the top of his charts, possibly next to the maker himself. A 100 Re note would hopefully swing the balance in your favour and ensure that you emerge 'Numero Uno'.
In scenario 2, let us assume that you've been in the habit of endowing a certain beggar with a certain amount of money everyday. An increase in his daily kindness will have to be of geometric proportions, to register as a blip on his Richter scale. He is, after all used to a certain degree of complacency as far as your generosity is concerned.
The same can be said about smaller, non fiscal acts like offering seats, opening doors, giving way on the road, sharing an umbrella etc. etc.
And so I shall begin today, to mete out heaps of kindnesses to unknown persons on the streets. I shall be the savour of the unknown man. The champion of the cause yet undiscovered.
And if the prayers of the last beggar is to be believed, I shall have a Buckingham Palace ready for me in the after life.
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