Great lessons to learn Alisa! it's so funny how sympathy and guilty intermingle with each other. As the boy and the candy the father felt sympathy for the child which in turn later down in life became a guilty verdict of true theft. Your mother who felt guilty as a child for taking the candy bar didn't get any sympathy from her father or even the store owner because he actually called him. which in turn made her learn a valuable lesson that she passed down to you.

To me giving is like receiving from the soul, but I'm more into "heart felt" gifts like the ones you make. Those are the best because you put all your love and appreciation into the gift and in return you get a greater feeling of sharing your world with somebody else