The River

Often we give and don't get back and sometimes what we get back hurts - like the monk story... "Two monks on a journey come to a rushing stream and need to cross, there is an old lady trying to make her way across too. One monk says to the other, Brother we cannot help her, we took an oath never to touch a woman. The other monk walks over and picks up the old lady and carries her across. As they continue their journey the first monk keeps going on and on about the old lady saying Brother you have sinned, you touched a woman, what will we do? Finally the monk turns to him and says, Brother I put the old lady down when we crossed the river, isn't it time for you to do the same?"