A buzurg (holy man) once said that the impulse of doing a virtuous act (neki) is like a guest from Allah SWT. If you honour and respect that guest and look after it well it will come again and again and agin. But if you disrespect or ignore it it will stop coming.
The buzurg also said that sometimes we get the impulse of doing a neki that we don't usually do. At that time we get thoughts like "what is the point of doing it this one time, I am never going to do it again anyway", but what really happens is one neki brings another neki with it and another neki and so on. Similarly, sometimes we have a thought of committing a sin and we think "it is a minor sin anyway, what is the harm if I do it once". But committing one sin makes it easier to do another sin and so on.
The buzurg said that if you get a thought of doing a neki like helping a poor man just once, and even if you know that you are never going to do it again, don't ignore it and just do it. Who knows what that poor man's prayers will bring for you in the future.
The buzurg also said that sometimes we get the impulse of doing a neki that we don't usually do. At that time we get thoughts like "what is the point of doing it this one time, I am never going to do it again anyway", but what really happens is one neki brings another neki with it and another neki and so on. Similarly, sometimes we have a thought of committing a sin and we think "it is a minor sin anyway, what is the harm if I do it once". But committing one sin makes it easier to do another sin and so on.
The buzurg said that if you get a thought of doing a neki like helping a poor man just once, and even if you know that you are never going to do it again, don't ignore it and just do it. Who knows what that poor man's prayers will bring for you in the future.
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