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We all started out in this world as receivers, we wanted to be fed the minute we felt hungry, changed when we decided we were uncomfortable, and time didn't matter to us, whether it was day or night, if we wanted to be held or played with, we didn't care how tired our mother's were. Of course we didn't know better, but all the same we were selfish little people. We knew how to scream our lungs out to get what we wanted.

This trend carries on for several years, to some people up into their teens. We want all the toys advertised on t.v. or something one of our friends has. Most people learn the value of giving around the preschool years, some later. We see our parents Christmas shopping, buying a birthday gift for someone, no matter what the occasion is but when the time is right for us, there's someone we want to buy a gift for, we want to buy something for this person that means so much to us whether its a family member or friend..

Even to a child, when they give a present to one of their friends, or mom helped pick out something for grandma, That feeling of doing something nice for someone, pops up and it stays with us, its a feeling we love, so we keep it up, wanting to buy presents for our family and friends for birthdays and Christmas.

Sure we all love to receive, but we learn giving brings a greater joy then receiving. Its a feeling hard to explain, its deeper then the joy of getting something we've wanted. As we grow up we realize there's people less fortune then we are, we see the salvation army person ringing the bell with a bucket for people to put change in to help buy Christmas for children who otherwise wouldn't get anything, we learn some people don't have enough to eat, some may not have the things we take for granted, like a home phone. And we hear more and more about homeless people, yes some of these people are children.

It's really sad to think about these families who have nothing. And NO, its not always the adults fault they're in this situation, some people lose their job or get sick or injured and their home goes into fore-closer. These people are not the beggar who lives under a bridge and is happy with no obligations, eating at the rescue mission and begging for enough for a bottle of wine. These are people due too no fault of their own that have lost everything they've worked for. These are the people who really appreciate a giver.

Being a giver is rewarding in its self. You also receive when you give, not only do you feel good about yourself when you give, Look around at what you have and start counting your blessings, you'll find you've received an abundance of blessings. Keep giving and the blessings will continue to add up. Receiving is giving.

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