What is giving gifts all about?
Why do we give something to another person? Are we always unselfish when we give a gift?
There is one thing I know – the world would be sad without giving…
Hey – lately I’ve tried to remind when did I get my first gift, it was a really hard exercise for my brain… Besides how can I be sure that the thing I’ve just received from somebody is a gift? When I didn’t have to pay for it? Is that the definition of a gift? Can there be a not material gift?
Well I don’t know about the first 2 but I’m absolutely sure about the last one. Not only there are that kinds of gifts, but they are the most precious ones…
Let me start from the beginning…
I am a gift! Some say that I’m a gift from the gods, and it’s not that I’m not modest… Those some… are called my parents…
So I started to exist on this world as a gift! And so did you! I also have to admit that being a gift isn’t as simple as that…And especially when you are a “planned” gift, people expect something from you…
But that’s not the thing I was supposed to write about1…
Most of us connect gifts with different types of celebrations, like birthday, Christmas, Anniversary, and Marriage etc. In different cultures it tends to be rude and offensive if we visit homage without bringing something with us!
We all vary all over the world, but one thing units us –and this is giving gifts! I can’t imagine a culture where they don’t know this ritual…
Small, big, pretty, unusual, unexpected, so different but almost always cause joy! Isn’t it great?
I won’t be original if I’ll say that I love Christmas and although it’s not because of presents, I know that Christmas without them wouldn’t be completed.
Come on! I’m sure that when you were kids you couldn’t fall asleep on Christmas Eve… am I right?
You see the point is that we love to receive presents, no matter if it is something what we were dreaming about or a thing we would never buy by ourselves! When you get something you just have an impression that someone cares about you, that you are dear to somebody…
Some prefer to receive a Ferrari, whereas some would rather to get a passionate kiss…
Don’t ask me which of those two is more precious for me… J
So my friends – give, give and give! It can cause a wonderful smile on someone’s face!
And remember - don’t look a gift horse in the mouth…