The Joy of Giving Week is just round the corner...

How many times do we miss GOD'S blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?How often do we reject friends only because they didn’t come from the kind of families as rich as ours?How often did we ridicule people only because they couldn’t speak English the way we did?We turn away from people because their skin, or their complexion or their features didn’t appeal to us, or because they don’t possess designer jeans like we do..

How many job offers do we not even look at, just because the Package didn’t seem appealing? We don’t even take a minute out to look at the meat in the assignment, the friends we could make, the learning we could get from this assignment. This keeps happening all the time. We keep rejecting gifts in life.

Do take a moment to look at the gifts life has given you. You will always get more when you receive graciously and gratefully. Never mind the packaging…sometimes glamorous packages contain small gifts…and sometimes simple packages contain great gifts.No gift is too small and no gift is too large either.It all depends on who is giving it and who is getting it.
From life I have learnt that happiness and knowledge are two gifts that keep coming back in abundant measure when you share them.

Let us cherish all the gifts we have received in life, irrespective of the packing. And let us never forget to count our blessings...I assure you we will run out of fingers and hands !!!

Daily laughter has been shown to elevate our moods, promote creativity and give us more energy. The average 4 year old child laughs 300 times a day, and an adult 15 times a day, just imagine !!! And i said, the average adult. Which means that there are some who probably laugh a lot less!!!!

I keep sharing with friends and students alike one well known Chinese saying- A Man who cannot smile must not open a shop.

The best gift you can give yourself and all the others around you – is laughter. And you can give it even if the purse is a lot lighter today. You can maintain consistency in gifting, day after day, year after year.

Did you make a person laugh today?

Try it.