A precept for the wise
Attempt to live so that no matter what others offer you, you are able to accept without feeling endebted to them.
In other words, try to put so much good energy and help for those who need it out into the world that the help others offer to you, monetary or otherwise, never makes you feel beholden to them.
We are all part of a great system of giving and receiving, and we should think within that framework. If you do something nice for one person, and someone completely different does something nice for you the next day, it is simply your good deed being returned. Accept it with grace.
jwisser @ May 1, 2008