7. Karma Now

Frantic and freezing, Julian stepped outside and saw a warm glow coming from the alley behind Elias’s shop. He found Elias and a small group of the neighborhood’s "unseen" folks gathered around an old, wood-fired stone oven that didn't need electricity. They were all working together, sharing the heat and the bread.

Julian realized that while he had built a business on transactions, Elias had built a life on connections. The "seeds of kindness" Elias had planted over years had created a community that supported him when things got dark. 7. Karma

Even more surprising to Julian was seeing the homeless man he had kicked out earlier that day carefully carrying wood for Elias’s fire. That man, a former master carpenter who had fallen on hard times, had spent the last hour fixing Elias’s broken flour chute for free, just because Elias had once bought him a warm coat. Frantic and freezing, Julian stepped outside and saw