The ART of spreading Magic

I've taken to gifting all kind of things to people lately.
Family, friends, acquittance, sometimes strangers, I try to give a little something that I think they need: A book, a game, a coffee. Sometimes it's a bigger gift than maybe appropriate, most of the times it's for no occasion at all.
To give you a little context, I always wanted to surprise people with gift and I always thought that if I ever had money to buy something for someone else, I would. "Why wasn't everyone already doing this!?!" I wondered. So when I could, I wanted to actually walk the walk and tried to do that.
To my surprised, I've been met not with gratitude, or hugs, or even pleasant surprise but mostly with a skepticism. People, even friends, eyed me with suspicion:
What do you really want?, they seemed to ask.

I was baffled at first by this reaction. Are we really so cold that a nice gesture doesn't look even half-normal but clearly a ploy or tool to get something else in return? Is this where our society is right now? REALLY?!
As someone told me....

I mean, sure, maybe that's what life teaches but to me - and I'd argue to all of us here - isn't a bit different?
Think about it, what do you owe to the people upvoting you? Gratitude! It's not a tit per tat, is not a contract, it's nothing really. It's a free meal of sorts at no cost to almost anyone. This is insane. It's insane that it works. But as right now it is, don't we have a duty to give as many free meals as we can?!

We've all been giving by faith, destiny, the uncaring universe, life or luck a huge free meal by being on Steemit so early, but being in crypto so early, by meeting amazing people that helped us. We've all been given so much that not feeling gratitude and a DUTY to give back as much as we can is akin to insulting the very thing we had received. Crypto is a new form of wealth that comes with no strings or morale corruption and it can start a self-perpetuating cycle of gratitude, caring, empathy and good will. It is in our power to use it as such..or not.

I've recently read this in a book and this guy said something that put in words exactly what I am trying to explain here:

I get endless delight covertly “ambushing” unsuspecting strangers with random acts of kindness. So, for example, after ordering my iced latte, I’ll give a Starbucks barista a $20 bill and tell him to comp the person after the person behind me for whatever he or she wants, and to give that person the change as well. I don’t do the person behind me, who might suspect that I was the mystery benefactor.
Then I sip my latte from afar and watch the confusion give way to smiles when the random beneficiary realizes the unexpected bounty. Sometimes the person leaves all the change as a tip. Sometimes he or she will pay it forward and “gift” the next person a free coffee. But the beneficiary always leaves smiling broadly, and I know that I’ve unleashed a positive ripple effect into that person’s community and to anyone he or she encounters that day.
Spreading magic!

How on point!
We are living magical crypto times and we are elevated to magical beings to some extent. We can, we should and we MUST do as much as we can.

SPREAD MAGIC, FRIENDS!