While every beautiful and kind act is a gift, shifting beyond doing good deeds as a means of gaining acceptance or proving yourself in some way, to doing good deeds for no other reason than to express who you really are, is exactly how you move from the expectation that often accompanies doing into the pure joy of simply being. The first involves waiting for external feedback while the second is unconcerned with external validation because it is an act of divine self expression that is inherently complete. ~Archangel Gabriel through Shelley Young