" *Steemit Engagement Challenge S6/W5 - *should gift giving only be for a season in a year? *".
Gift giving brings lots of excitement on human minds just by the mention of it. Who doesn't want to receive a gift? Who will not be happy to receive the right gift at the right time?
Man and gift are inseparable because it started right from the time man came into this world.
The life we live is a gift from the giver of life
The breath that is sustaining of lives is a gift.
The earth we live in is also a gift.
We also received numerous gifts as a result of our birth by our parents. They took care of us both as obligation and as a part of their display of love and as a result of the gift they like sharing with us of which we are most grateful to them. Some parents decide to remove the fetus in their womb but we are given birth to, what a gift!
What is gift giving?
This is the act of parting with an item we owned without expecting it to be reciprocated. It has to be the right gift, with the right motive and at the right time for it to be valuable and we must not expect anything in return unless the receiver, out of his or her good will decides on his own to reciprocate. Otherwise, a gift should be free.
Parents offering gifts to their children who are dependent on them
A school teacher carefully impacting the needed knowledge to the pupils
An individual or a group of individuals offering gifts to the poor and destitute
An employment opportunities that are offered to someone who is really in need of it.
These situations and more explains the free gifts that can be given without expecting anything in return.
A gift can be material or not, it can be in kind or in words. All that matters is that it feels a need and the receiver is happy with it and the giver doesn't expect anything in return.
Should it just be for a season in a year? Explain
It is good to give gifts at all times. Man always have a need and it grows as we delve more and more into the last of the last days of this system of things. Hence, their must be something we can do for someone at any point in time without reserving it for a special season or moments. We just need to figure out who needs what if we are the gifting type.
Giving occasional gifts are also good because the occasion creates the need.
Name other opportunities that one can exchange gifts
Wedding day gifting
Weddings present good opportunities to part with gifts. The couple who has spent a lot to be united together needs to start life on a smooth rides. Our gift can give them that smooth ride they need.
They are also in most cases be on a honey moon and may need no distractions at all but just to enjoy life. Our gifts can go a long way to give them all the happiness they expect.
Marriage anniversary gifting
this is a mug that was given to us my @eliany and family during our anniversary. It filled us with joy | |
---|---|
my kids made this hot air balloon craft as a gift to us during one of our anniversaries | |
Steemcurator01 and other friends and we'll wisher gave me this massive upvotes during our last 15th wedding anniversary |
Gifting during marriage anniversaries is also a beautiful thing. I have once been a recipient of that from my dear friends. In this side of the world though, gifting during that time is rare but I have come to find out that it all depends on where you are at any point in time and the people that surrounds you at any point in time.
Graduation gifting
Graduation of someone from their various works of learning deserves to be appreciated because much has been spent and as such, we can show our appreciation.
Gifting when a child is born
When a child is born, it gives joy and happiness. However, the parents who have received this gift also will have to shoulder so many responsibilities. Our gifts can assist them shoulder these responsibilities in love.
Gifting for appreciation of whatever thing one has done for us
Our hearts might well in appreciation for what has been done for us especially when we feel we don't deserve it of when the gift is valuable and at the right time. It is just natural that we feel obligated to reciprocate that gift in love not in competition.
What are proper items that can be exchanged as gifts
Anything that anyone we intend to gift needs at any point in time that we are Willing to offer the gift.
It can vary from person to person and from one situation to another.
It can also be determined by a person's status in life and whether the person is the gifting type.
The occasion as well has a role to play in the items that can be given.
It could be but not limited to the following
Car, kitchen utensils, house, clothing, employment, wills and so on.
What should be the right motive for gift giving
Gifting without expecting anything in return is the right motive for gift giving.
Gifting from the heart and not in comparison of competition with the others.
Who is qualified to give gifts?
All men and women including children of goodwill can part with gifts. It doesn't matter where you are, what you do and who is around you. So long as one is alive, there must be something you can part with especially as gifts must not be expensive to be a gift.
How should the giver and the receiver feel about the act of giving
Because the right gift is given at the right time, and with the right motive, it naturally results in happiness to the both parties involved, the giver and the receiver.
They both will experience what the scriptures said that there is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving. That means that the giver will even be more happy than the receives. This is beautiful
Summary/Conclusion
Thank you dear community for this marvelous contest topic that is hosted at the right time.
I have been able to write on the contest tips as required.
In summary, gift giving must not be reserved to a special occasions. It can be given at any time and by anyone so long as it is the right gift that suits the right occasion with the right motive and it is free without expecting anything in return.
I will like to invite @fortwis09 @eliany and @mile16 to participate in this contest
Success to everyone
Cheers!
This is my introductory post here
Best of luck
Thanks for the review and your wonderful comment. I appreciate
My pleasure mam
I love reading your post.you have done justice to this topic gift giving should not be seasonal we should give always. IM HAPPY TO KNOW YOU GOT GIFTS ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY. Goodluck in this contest.
Thank you so much for engaging. Yes, gift giving should be done always so long as we have the means.
Have you made your own entry?
Yes ma. If you have time you can visit
Hermosos regalos recibidos durante su aniversario de bodas. Espero lo hayan disfrutado mucho y que se multiplique esa felicidad.
Los regalos tienen ese poder de hacer feliz a la persona que los recibe, y la satisfacción en quien lo entrega; es un acto desinteresado de afecto.
Éxitos en el concurso.
A very nice post.Giving a gift is a great request, which is a pillar of human life.
thank you mam share your nice content,
Thanks a lot for your comment. Gift should be what it is, gift!
No mam it can be that living with your partner is also a great gift that god gives us thank you
Memberikan hadiah yang tepat pada waktu yang tepat juga akan membuat siapapun merasakan kebahagiaan yang tidak bisa dinilai dengan uang, sukses buat anda.
Thank you so much. You have said it all
You are welcome
Thank you, friend!
I'm @steem.history, who is steem witness.
Thank you for witnessvoting for me.
please click it!
(Go to https://steemit.com/~witnesses and type fbslo at the bottom of the page)
The weight is reduced because of the lack of Voting Power. If you vote for me as a witness, you can get my little vote.
Saludos siempre habra un buen motivo y una gran oportunidad para dar regalos. Y que esos regalos son tan importantes y mas en fechas tan importantes como esa.
Exitos.
Hola amiga, que lindos regalos haz recibido sobretodo el de tus hijos que lo realizaron con sus propias manos, esos son los regalos mas hermosos que nos pueden dar.
Éxitos en el concurso.
Wow nice writing,
I like and appreciate your sense and views to this timely contest.
I agree to your write-ups.
keep up, I'll be watching out for more of your writings and contest in this community.
kudos.
I like your post mam..Stay well.