A story I heard and found inspiring:
A famine was on in the land and a beggar on a street corner reached out to Tolstoy, who was passing by. Russia’s great man stopped, searched for a coin but found none. With genuine sorrow, he said: “Don’t be angry with me, my brother. I have nothing with me.”
The beggar’s face lit up as he replied, “But you called me brother–that is a great gift.”