A man and his son were walking in the forest. Suddenly the boy tripped and feeling a sharp pain he screamed, “Ahhhhh.”

Surprised, he heard a voice coming from the mountain, “Ahhhhh.”

Filled with curiosity, he screams, “Who are you?” but the only answer he received was: “Who are you?”

This made him angry, so he screamed, “You are a coward!” and the voice answered, “You are a coward!”

The boy looked at his father and asked, “Dad, what is going on?”

“Son,” he replied, “pay attention!” Then he screamed, “I admire you!”

The voice answered, “I admire you!”

The father shouted, “You are wonderful!” and the voice answered, “You are wonderful!”

The boy was surprised, but he still couldn't understand what is going on.

Then the father explained, “People call this ‘ECHO’ but truly this is ‘LIFE!’ Life always gives you back what you give out! Life is a mirror of your actions.

Life always gives you back what you give out. Your life is not a coincidence, but a mirror of your own doings.

Prosperity comes as a return for what we give out as charity. Any good work is charity. Smiling or greeting someone is charity. Helping someone cross the street is charity. Planting trees is charity. Giving someone good advice is charity. Donating money is of course charity.

So give whatever you can. Specially, give what you want. If you want respect give others respect. If you want money give others money. If you want fame give others recognition.
Don’t wait till you are rich to give, but give in order to be rich.

The most charitable thing you can do is to use your unique talents to serve others. Each of us is born with some unique talents. If you can identify your talent, nurture it, and find out a way to serve others with it, success and prosperity will chase you everywhere.

Remember though giving must be unconditional to yield returns. If you are donating for publicity or self advancement, or if you expect anything in return from the person you have given to, even if it is simple acknowledgement, then that wouldn’t be true charity, and will fail to bring you any returns.

It is also your responsibility to ensure that your donations are being used for constructive purposes. For example, many of us donate to beggars. Most beggars beg ‘professionally’. They make sizeable incomes from begging and have no intention of rehabilitating themselves. Many of them are part of an organized Mafia. Giving alms to beggars help create a parasite class in society and may not bring in positive returns from nature.