Tag: giving

There are many gifts you can give

Posted on by philipdodson

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For birthdays, Christmas, Easter, anniversaries, weddings, divorces, whatever occasion the consumer driven industrialised world has created for us to feel the need to give gifts, there are many things we can purchase, wrap and give to another.

However, the greatest gift we can give others is our time.

Time to listen.

Time to help.

Time to support.

Time to give a hug.

Whatever gift you can give that involves you giving your time to another human being is a gift that cannot be bought on Amazon. It leaves a memory, a legacy, a shared experience that will not collect dust on a shelf or end up in a landfill full of meaningless gifts that recipient didn’t need.

Give your time to others, it’s one of the best routes to true joy and happiness in our lives.

Add something

Posted on by philipdodson

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When we criticise, judge, hate, shame or confront others and ourselves, then we take something away, we remove something from our lives and others.

Our society controls us by encouraging much of that behaviour. However, without those negative influences, we would not behave like that. We are not born knowing how to take away from ourselves or others, we are taught too.

When we share a smile, laughter, music, art, kindness, love, friendship, singing, writing, knowledge, our food, our water, whatever it is, that will make us happy and others. This is what makes life worthwhile. This always brings joy.

Imagine if all 7 billion of us focused first on adding to our own lives and then the lives of others, what a difference that would make to the human race.

It’s just a habit that we can all change, switch off the negative world soundtrack and add your own music and sunshine to life and to the world.