I look at every single day as a wonderful gift, and don't get me wrong, receiving gifts can be quite nice, but I truly believe that it is better to give than to receive. Think of the warm feeling. Think of the smile you see. I could go on and on.
I'm sure you have given a gift to someone before. The one thing I love about giving though is that it never has to be a material thing. Giving can be more than a pretty wrapped box. I think that so many times we believe that whenever we hear the term “give” it automatically relates to material things - even expensive things. Giving time (like when you volunteer at a charity or when you read a story to a child or when you help pick up trash along the beach), is just one example of a non-material kind of gift.
I recently watched a video where two young guys bought several bunches of bananas, bottled water, and gathered some clothing that they no longer wore and they took those items out and gave them to homeless men in the streets. The smiles from the recipients proven how wonderful this giving was. Not a huge amount of money was spent - that wasn't the point. It was giving - pure giving. It was people caring about others.
You really can't get much better than that!
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