I learned my first lesson at a meeting. As we sat around the table I heard Meg, who was 1a recent operation, talking to Judith, the manager of our project. "Thank you so much for 2my daughters to their dance lessons last week." Judith said, "It was nothing."
Knowing how tight Judith's schedule was, I found her driving Meg's children to lessons unbelievably 3. I was about to say more about this when Donna, another colleague, entered the room 4. She apologized for being late, saying she just hosted a lunch for her friends who were over seventy. "That is so nice of you," I said, knowing how busy she was, how she didn't like to cook and clean. "Oh, "she said, waving her hand, "It was nothing." 5, I could still tell the 6in her voice. She did gain a sense of satisfaction from the entertainment offered to her friends.
Seeing their 7to help others selflessly, I started thinking about the concept of "nothing", this peaceful and generous way of living—had it really been nothing or were they simply saying that? It 8to me that once I spent a whole afternoon after work helping a friend 9a speech. I recommended her to rearrange the sequence of the stories in the lecture to make it sound more 10. After the fifth try, she finally 11it. She hugged me with gratitude, saying thanks to me. I smiled and said it was nothing.
Suddenly, I realized that helping someone was really something to me. I learned that giving from the heart doesn't 12mean sacrifice and hard work. The 13is finding something we love to do and finding someone who needs that something. Our generosity can benefit others 14ourselves. Once you have a good 15 of it, it's nothing. And it's really something.
