My thoughts on giving

The other day, I found myself opening up to my dad for the first time in my life. My dad is a very conservative man, and we often speak a different language in terms of world-view and perspective. I am pretty much turning into a slut, and he doesn’t like that. Kidding.

To help me through my current life-crises, he listened carefully and offered a very special piece of advice. He said “whoever said life is about taking is lying, because life is truly about giving”. These days, I have found myself contemplating on this idea. What does giving mean to you? For me, it may mean, shifting my perspective to see the glass half full as oppose to half empty.

I have grown up in a very loving family. From the presence of all my grandparents, kindness of maids and housekeepers, compassionate strength of my mother, and generosity of my father, I have found myself complaining about life being unfair. When I was younger, my mother spent years taking me to the dentist on a regular basis, so my teeth could be 90 degrees to my mouth as, oppose to 180 degrees. Now, that my teeth are 90 degrees to my mouth, I wonder why she also didn’t get my nose fixed. It is kind of twisted to the left, and I do spend quite a bit of time staring at it. Darn it Mom!

While some have the luxury to grow up with plenty resources, others struggle to feed their families on a daily basis (This is actually unfair guys!). On some level, it seems as it doesn’t matter how many resources we are surrounded by, because we’re in a constant flux of giving what we’re given. No matter where we are in world or what our occupation is, everything is passed on — job titles, clothes, values, property etc.

Final thought: As a new born baby, I was held in the loving presence of my parents (I am guessing), who at some point decided that no matter what happened in life, they would protect their babies with courage and swords. I am now a grown up adult, and remember that so much of who I am is through the gift of my parents, and family members that came before them. How could life be about anything else, if not for giving?

In conclusion, the idea is that we come on earth with nothing, and leave with nothing, but in between we learn to give unconditionally. whatever it is that we can give.

What do you think?

Love and Light