God will remember it

This morning, a quote from Frithjof Schuon:  "True charity [meaning giving to others] gives nothing without giving inwardly something better:  the art of giving requires that to the material gift should be added a gift of the soul:  this is to forget the gift after having given it, and this forgetfulness is like a fresh gift. . . .   As an old proverb has it, 'Do good and throw it into the sea; if the fish swallow it and man forgets it, God will remember it.'"

This "gift of the soul" is a fresh gift to the one receiving it, but even moreso to the one doing the giving.  Whenever we give with an idea of "keeping score" so we can be sure to get back as good as we gave, we tie ourselves up in knots.  When we give and then forget the gift, we instantly feel ourselves expanding, like a good breath expands.  We feel ourselves becoming lighter and more luminous. 

In short, God remembers our gift -- meaning we instantly feel ourselves more in touch with the Divine Presence within.  It is so simple -- yet often our first impulse is to note down our gift so we can be sure it really does come back to us.

When we just give and let the gift be, it comes back to us instantly as this "fresh gift."  And it comes back later with interest -- because that's the universe's law.   As we give (without thought of getting "equivalent value") so shall we receive (freely given by an always-giving God).  Let it be so!