Offensive giving
Have you ever given a gift to someone that others were offended by? Maybe others were offended by who the gift went to. Or offended by what the person given the gift did because they received the gift.
Have you ever thought about how what you give could impact others other than the one you are giving the gift to? I don't give it a lot of thought. Should we? Or is it the person that is offended's problem that they are offended by the gift? What is the root of being offended by the person receiving the gift and what the receiver did with it? Why does it even matter?
I think when there are these thoughts we really wish we were either the one giving the gift. Because we would have been fairer. Or perhaps we wish we would have received the gift. I think in both of these instances we think we know better than the giver of the gift, but the problem is we aren't the gift giver. And there aren't any real hard and fast rules on gift-giving. I think that's really the nature of a gift... the receiver doesn't deserve it or it would be instead called a payment.
So if you come to a time when you're offended by the way someone decides to give a gift to someone else. Take a step back and ask yourself, "Why am I offended?"
Remember it's a gift.
Have you ever thought about how what you give could impact others other than the one you are giving the gift to? I don't give it a lot of thought. Should we? Or is it the person that is offended's problem that they are offended by the gift? What is the root of being offended by the person receiving the gift and what the receiver did with it? Why does it even matter?
I think when there are these thoughts we really wish we were either the one giving the gift. Because we would have been fairer. Or perhaps we wish we would have received the gift. I think in both of these instances we think we know better than the giver of the gift, but the problem is we aren't the gift giver. And there aren't any real hard and fast rules on gift-giving. I think that's really the nature of a gift... the receiver doesn't deserve it or it would be instead called a payment.
So if you come to a time when you're offended by the way someone decides to give a gift to someone else. Take a step back and ask yourself, "Why am I offended?"
Remember it's a gift.