Make Way - For Gifts

As we reflect on our lived experience in 2024 we can benefit from recognising the gifts that have been given to us and the gifts that we have bestowed on others. So let’s pause and take a moment to think back over the year. This moment of reflection can be really helpful. We can temper the negative things that our mind recalls (all too readily) with the many positive things that have happened.

These gifts have come in many forms. What gifts come to mind? Some are requested and some are unexpected. Some are wrapped up and some are practical in nature. Most are given with kindness, generosity and curiosity. We wonder what impact these gifts might have. Just as all givers wonder and hope that they hit the mark with their gift too. We do not force gifts on others but we can offer our friendship, our service, our time and our attention. We can choose to see others as doing the best they can, letting go of judgment and simply accepting them just they way they are. No-one said that this is meant to be easy but it certainly helps our way of being if we choose to live with acceptance of others and to be less judgemental.

A nod, a smile, a greeting, an offer of help, a listening ear…there are so many hurting folk in the world. Many gifts happen in community, where people regularly get together. By regularly going to a cafe, a park where dogs are being walked, by volunteering, attending a community gym or centre of sorts, there are opportunities for us all to make helpful connections. May we give thanks for the interactions that others share with us and may we too look for opportunities to interact with kindness, generosity and curiosity given the benefit we gain as both giver and receiver. Suffering is a given, Happiness needs to be generated. May you be a gift to others and may you experience the kindness, generosity and curiosity of others that offer us good gifts in varied ways.

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