Kindness Rolls On in the World
Doing good for one person leads to doing good for others at the hands of others. The good that a person does tends to ripple through other good events that have occurred in the wake of his action.
("All are in need of mercy, even Abraham, whose mercy flows from the world, in his path was in need of mercy, as it was said, "And he showed mercy to my master Abraham, and you began to prosper" - at the beginning of Rava (Vilna), Parashah Chayyeh Sarai, Parashah 6)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הַחֶסֶד מִתְגַּלְגֵּל בָּעוֹלָם
Definition (Hebrew)
עֲשִׂיַּת טוֹב כְּלַפֵּי אָדָם אֶחָד מְבִיאָה לַעֲשִׂיַּת טוֹב לַאֲחֵרִים עַל יְדֵי אֲחֵרִים. הַטּוֹב שֶׁאָדָם עוֹשֶׂה מַמְשִׁיךְ לְהִתְגַּלְגֵּל בְּאֵרוּעִים טוֹבִים אֲחֵרִים שֶׁהִתְרַחֲשׁוּ בְּעִקְבוֹת אוֹתוֹ מַעֲשֶׂה.
("הַכֹּל צְרִיכִין לְחֶסֶד אֲפִלּוּ אַבְרָהָם שֶׁהַחֶסֶד מִתְגַּלְגֵּל בָּעוֹלָם בִּשְׁבִילוֹ נִצְרָךְ לְחֶסֶד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וַעֲשֵׂה חֶסֶד עִם אֲדֹנִי אַבְרָהָם הִתְחַלְתָּ גְּמֹר"- בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת חַיֵּי שָׂרָה פָּרָשָׁה ס)