Thursday, January 26, 2006

~to give or to receive~

If given a choice, do you want to be the person to give or to receive? Think about it for a moment... Giving or Receiving? Well, honestly, I prefer to be at the giving end than the receiving end. Here's a story that I think would inspire us to think:

Here's the story: Once upon a time ...okie, cut the crap...Once upon a time, there's this guy who died. Anyway, he was sent to heaven where he met this angel. This angel said to him "Alright Mister...You would be giving the opportunity to be reborn as a man; but there are 2 choices here. Would you want to be the man to receive or would you want to be the man who give?" The man give it a thought for a while and answered "I want to be the one who receives coz I have been poor and was unable to get what I want in life." The angel said "Are you sure?" The man think again and said "Yes...100% sure." And he got his wish but little did he know...choosing to be at the receiving end made him a beggar. If he were to choose to be at the giving end, he would be rich.

Ok...think about this story for a moment. I find this fairly true. Why receive when you have the ability to give? To be ABLE to give is a type of prosperity...Of coz you have to give whole heartedly, but giving is a great deed.

There's this once when my dad and mum when to have breakfast. So, you've got to pay for the parking through the parking meter. My dad then inserted RM1.30 which is equivalent to one and a half hours of parking money. My mum then said "Why put so much? We won't take that long to have breakfast right?" Dad then replied "Why not? I mean the next person who comes along and park at this spot would be happy when he see that there's still money in the parking meter. You get to make someone happy just by using a little money. So why not?" Hmmmm...

So you see? Giving is great! :) It's something that everyone should practice. I am not asking you guys NOT to receive, but we should practice giving frequently. Sometimes, we tend to receive too much and might just forget to give! You would never know how a small gesture of help might just make someone's day.

^_^ Start giving ppl!

posted by *chiaoju* @ 4:23 PM

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