The gift

I was recently reminded of the power of gift-giving. The idea that we give things so generously has been lost. We used to do it throughout almost all of human civilization. Now? We are so in debt financially between consumer, medical, and educational debt that we don’t want to be in debt socially. The thinking is, “I don’t want others to think I need them.” Which really is an exercise in vulnerability. We should be checking ourselves and asking ourselves, when was the last time we received a gift and didn’t feel the need to pay it back?

Gift giving brings us closer together.