Giving something away can make it grow rather than diminish

Evidence

The bowl’s magic ‘lived not in the wood but in the giving.’ That’s a deep idea: the power was in the action, not the object. How is generosity like a bowl that fills only when you empty it? Can you think of real things in life that grow when you give them away (like love, or knowledge)? — , A Year of World Stories, 11790

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: non-rival goods like knowledge and love that expand under sharing, contrasted with scarce goods.
• XREF: connects to: A giver of what he does not own will take what you own — , A Year of World Stories, 944; Small kindnesses toward the helpless may yield great returns — , A Year of World Stories, 7706; Generosity in the tale works only as fast as one gives it away — , A Year of World Stories, 11787 (+10 more)

Related

• Generosity in the tale works only as fast as one gives it away (similarity 0.89)