The joy of the gift is to the giver...

Btw, i had a very very happy day!
but i just want to give some though some matters i had suddenly plopped into my mind

We sometimes wonder, what can life give to me...
It may had gave you a horrible past and a foreshadow to a bleaker future

but i sometimes wonder, is that sentence a little too selfish?
How many times have we asked instead, what can we give to life?
Perhaps in times of misunderstanding, you gave empathy
or maybe when the going gets tough, you provided perseverance

Why must life always be the one at fault? And even if it is, shouldn't one find joy in the smallest of things? of the little values they showed at the lowest point of their lives?
Are we blind to the things life have given? For sometimes life takes away, to make its gift all the more felt
To exemplify, life may give you sorrow but through that, you valued every little happiness you have
but of course, some people who walk the road of self destruction and avoid happiness
We cant blame them, for we know not on how they think, and every single minute episodes of their lives
but still we wonder

This can be applied to all facet of life
Ask not what this job can provide, or what this person can give
perhaps we should think, what can we do for this job, what can we give to this person?
thus we gain the intrinsic benefits that are controlling by our own thoughts and feelings
and perhaps things would be more realistc

The joy of the gift is to the giver...
that line i remembered from a book
about a race whose principles were based on giving, and being happy about the fact that they provided for
perhaps this is the simplest form of achievements
perhaps it allows you to be taken advantage of
but we let you think about it

I am not selling an idea, but i am merely sharing it