The True Value of Giving

While I Was Getting Gasoline

I saw a man asking for money between the cars. He was shirtless, and I couldn’t quite see what he was doing to get people to give him something.

I wanted to help. I checked where I usually keep coins and found only five pesos. I thought: maybe this will still be of use to him. When he approached, my music was playing loudly, and I said: “This is all I have.” I don’t know if he didn’t hear me, but as I drove forward, he threw a coin at my car, rejecting what I had given him.

I didn’t get angry, I just felt a mixture of sadness and confusion. Still, I approached and told him that by despising what people gave him, he was closing the door to blessings. I didn’t say it to humiliate him, but because, at that moment, it was truly all I had. But he didn’t listen. He was so trapped in his own anger, repeating that he had a job and didn’t need to be there. There was no way to reason with him, so I rolled up the window and moved on.

THE TRUE VALUE OF GIVING

The next day, I understood the lesson. If I am going to give, it should be something that truly helps. If I don’t have something worthy to offer, then it’s better not to give at all.

Because giving is not just a material transaction. It’s about the energy with which we do it. It’s not the same to give out of pity as it is to give with compassion. It’s not the same to give out of obligation as it is to give with love and respect.

We are far more connected than we think. We are not isolated individuals, but part of a web of consciousness. What is missing is not just money, but love, understanding, and respect. It’s not about giving out of pity—it’s about giving from the heart, with the right intention.

THE REFLECTION IN THE EVERYDAY

That same day, I saw the lesson mirrored in other situations. I went to solve a problem with my phone provider, and I was treated with impatience and curt replies. It’s easy to think: “they must hate their job”—but sometimes indifference and lack of warmth come from something deeper: from living on autopilot, caught up in urgency, disconnected from purpose.

Later, I bought a chocolate bar and paid with a 200-peso bill. The cashier looked at me with annoyance and asked if I didn’t have something smaller. In the end, she gave me the change in 25 one-peso coins, dropping them on the counter without care. I said nothing, calmly counted them, and put them in my wallet. But in the end, my ego reacted, and I said something dismissive to her.

And there was the real teaching: the universe was showing me the ego—not only in them, but in me as well.

KNOWING HOW TO GIVE

Every person we encounter is dealing with their own inner struggles, repressed emotions, and a life they may not have chosen. But instead of reacting from the ego, I can choose to be at peace, to remain centered.

If I control my mind, if I observe my emotions without letting them dominate me, I can transcend any situation.

Next time I give, I will give from the heart. Not from pity, but from deep respect—for the other and for myself. Next time I enter a place, I will remember that everything is energy, and that the person who serves me, speaks to me, or looks at me… is a reflection of my own vibration.

If something makes me uncomfortable, I will pause.
Instead of blaming or reacting, I will look within.
I will ask myself the most powerful questions:

Why did I attract this?
What part of me is out of balance that it manifested this?

Because everything is vibration. And what I live, what I experience, what comes my way… is a response to the frequency I am emitting.

There are no victims when we understand this. Only a constant call to return to our center.

THE POWER TO CHOOSE

The answer is always found in calm. In silent observation. That is where everything realigns. Where the soul whispers. Thoughts turn into emotions. And if we don’t feel them, if we don’t work through them, they accumulate—until they scream.

Feeling is okay.
What is not okay is staying trapped in the victim role—that place where we give away our power and wait for everything outside to change.

Today I know that I have the power to choose.
To choose to respond instead of react. And above all…
To see every person who crosses my path for what they truly are:
a consciousness, a being just like me, walking through their own human experience, in their own way, in their own time.

Everything is connected. Everything teaches us.
The question is: are we willing to see the lesson?