Saturday, June 15, 2013

Giving away treasures

A question popped my over-crowded mind: What do we give? When I retrospect, I see us giving away things we needed the least. The change we’re trying to bring by ‘giving’ is counter-productive except a very few times. By giving the things needed the least, we are confirming the societal biases and differences (remember us creating it in the past?). Inside we want to eradicate that, but our actions aren't saying so. Actually, we should be giving (rather I would say sharing) what we love the most, what we need the most.
Giving is to receive; the more you give, the more you get. Hah, we all know that! Yet, we stuff ourselves with many things that we treasure and use them rarely. The art of living more with less is what I want to talk and learn more about, not the life less with more. I've been fortunate to be part of a few groups who do unnoticed giving; they give in dark when no one sees them. They give all that they have; they share. We need to replace the attitude of giving with attitude of sharing.

Give away things you needed the most once, give away things you need the most now; give away smiles, give away love, give away happiness, give away your 100% in everything you do, give away all times not only during the needy times. Give away things every now and then and it will show you that you really didn't needed many of the things you were tempted to buy. (A different POV: Replace all “give away” words with “share”).

What are the things you can live without? Give them away! I will…until the moment I close my eyes!!