Friday Five & Giving Globally

 

1) i would give the world tolerance and understanding so they can work out the problems themselves knowing exactly why
2)I got a box of welches fruit snacks
3)the way the reciever's face lights up
4)I want to learn how to drive
5)My baby cousin in Cameroon bought me a cowrie shell necklace. i love it, reminds me of home

 

Mine are done!

 

Here’s mine!

 

1) What gift(s) would you like to give the world?
Laughter

2) What is the most unusual gift you have received?
    Driveway sealer

3) What do you like best about gift giving?
          Expectation on eyes of receiver

4) What gifts do you want for the holidays?
Family, love and calm energies

5) When has a gift(s) made you feel warm and fuzzy inside?

My students give me cards that are so dear to me…they get filed away and when I have a bad day, I reread them.

 

1) What gift(s) would you like to give the world? There are so many things that I wish I could teach the world, or rather that I wish could be made into bigger issues, but the one that I will say for now is the gift of humility. So often the way we act and how we see the world around us is dictated by our wants, desires, and our personal agendas if we could talk away all of that how would the world change?

2) What is the most unusual gift you have received? I think the most unusual gift I have ever received would have to be coal from my grandparents. You see every year before Christmas my grandparents make us send them a list of what we want and I decided that I didn’t really want anything so I never sent it to them. In exchange I received a little stocking with coal in it.

3) What do you like best about gift giving? The best part of giving gifts is that its something that you can do completely selflessly and without any expectations. One thing I noticed when we were in Europe this summer is that people will just buy flowers on their way home from work just for the heck of it to make their loved one smile. Why can’t we do that here in the States? Just randomly do something for someone because its a nice thing to do?

4) What gifts do you want for the holidays? The same as the year before, I don’t really want anything material. I want to go to Africa this summer and as a college student finding the finances to do that its quickly something that I don’t know if I will be able to do.

5) When has a gift(s) made you feel warm and fuzzy inside? I think the greatest gift I have received would have to be two things. The first was a pile of envelopes from my best friend. Each one had a date on it and inside was a note card with something funny or random on it, one for each day that I was gone over the summer so every day I got to open another envelope from her. The second would have to be from another really close friend of mine, someone I love very much. For my 19th birthday I didnt really do anything because, well I havnt really celebrated my birthday in a long time but this friend who I didnt get to see very much last year because we were at different schools, saw me, gave me a huge hug, and slipped a few folded up pieces of paper into my bag. That letter made me cry and then laugh and then cry again. Although we are close and we say we care sometimes just having someone take the time to write you a letter saying what you mean to them means more then anything in the world. I still have that letter, I carried it all over Europe and I still read it every once in awhile. 

 

What I love best about gift giving is that is comes from my heart

 

I feel that life is the best gift given, and choosing to live it in its fullest and with love and discernment is the best gift we can ultimately give.
That said…
1) What gift(s) would you like to give the world?

I have loads of things I would give to the people: unadulterated love, contentment, wisdom, independence and wings.
To the physical world, I would give ease of mind and support for Her as She transitions.

2) What is the most unusual gift you have received?
I think the most unusual gift ever has been canned octopus from a friend.  It was a joke gift, and I laughed.  But it’s still in the cabinet gathering dust.

3) What do you like best about gift giving?
The best part about gift giving is receiving the gratitude in return.
The best part about gift getting is feeling the love behind the gift.

4) What gifts do you want for the holidays?
I struggle with the holidays because I often feel like people don’t mean it “anymore”.  The gifts that I want is for people to slow down and take a moment to be with themselves.  And to actually appreciate, not resent!, the people in their lives.  It makes me kind of sad that the gift I asked for was a ticket to Colorado so I could get away from the holidays this year.

5) When has a gift(s) made you feel warm and fuzzy inside?
One year my best friend in high school came to my house with a poster.  He took artistic b&w pictures of all of my friends in fedoras.  I was obsessed with fedoras back then.  But the poster was so beautifully done!  It looked professional.  It was a reminder that people will take the time, sometimes.

 

I would like to give the world the gift of being non-judgemental.

The most unusual gift I ever recieved-Hmmmm.

What I like best about gift giving is the chance to be creative–you get plenty of chances on a limited budget!

For the holidays-I wish my daughter and i could be together-again budget constrants.

The gifts that made me feel the most warm and fuzzy were all the ones that my baby made for me.

 

I would want to give the world laughter. I really think you cannot laugh enough in a lifetime!

The most unusual gift I have ever recieved would be vacations that my family goes on… its a hidden gift.

What i like best about giving is the feeling i get on the inside knowing i spent alot of time and thought on a person’s gift. When I give it to them i know they’ll be happy :)

For the holidays, there is someone particular i have been mwanting to talk to for a long time but have put it off for fear of what they would say or what people with think. I wish i had the nerve to approach them now… but i dont.

Gifts that make me feel warm and fuzzy? candy! and stuffed animals- like I’m a kid again :)

 

1) My vision

2) underwear LOL3) the fact that i’m able to do it4) Just a ext. hardrive i’m always runnin outta space lol5) ……everytime XD

 

I have been a member of a micro lending group for 2 yearscalled Kiva and it is an awesome opportunity to support your global community while still respecting cultural differences and values. I check on these people often and rejoyce in the sucess of thier business and love hearing stories about thier families. The gift of proserity by the individuals deffintion, not as defined by others.

The greatest gift I have recieved was that of mercy and a humbled spirit seeing those that have to fight just to livenot just in the since of existance but also in the since of what make life worth living.

The strangest gift was a bottle of ink for a fountain pin that I didnt know how to use.