There is one type of person who, whenever he 

does a kind deed, will not hesitate

 to ask form some reward.

 

Another type of person, though not so bold,

will keep track of everything he has done

 for you, feeling deep down that

 you are in his debt.

 

Then there are those who give without

 any remembrance of what 

they have done. 

 

They are like vine that  has brought forth a

 cluster of grapes, and once having borne its 

delicious fruits, seeks nothing more.

 

As the horse that runs its race, the hound that tracks

 its game, and the bee that hives its honey, so should

 a man be when he has done an act of kindness: 

not seeking reward or proclaiming his 

virtues but passing on to the next act

 as the vines passes on to

 bear another cluster

 of summer grapes.

 

 

Marcus Aurelius

True Giving