Are we more "Gift'y" than the rest of the populati
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Are we more "Gift'y" than the rest of the populati
I was thinking about gifts this morning, not the ones I received at burning man, but the ones that I sent out during the year to my friends.
I was thinking back and just contemplating just how many dozen cookies got shipped out, just because people are my friends. They didnt ask for them. I just decided to do it, just because.
I know I wasnt always this way. A change for the better? Yea probably.
*RebA!'s in a pondering mood today*
I was thinking back and just contemplating just how many dozen cookies got shipped out, just because people are my friends. They didnt ask for them. I just decided to do it, just because.
I know I wasnt always this way. A change for the better? Yea probably.
*RebA!'s in a pondering mood today*
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No life on earth survives without something you might call a gift economy, which makes it seem ridiculous as an event theme, rubric, or whatever.
I was was wide awake an hour before sunrise this morning on a ranch in Nevada -- and felt it was a truly fortunate gift that the geese flying overhead in the dim purple light didn't circle around and peck me to death.
I was was wide awake an hour before sunrise this morning on a ranch in Nevada -- and felt it was a truly fortunate gift that the geese flying overhead in the dim purple light didn't circle around and peck me to death.
Amazing desert structures & stuff: http://sites.google.com/site/potatotrap/
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I can tell you that I don't give a ton of gifts or anything (moneymoneymoney) but I am an infamous snailmailer amongst my friends. I am constantly sending little notes and cards to everyone I know and have met in the various places I've lived. I think it's in the same spirit you're referring to.
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The best gifts come from the heart.LittleLebowski wrote:I can tell you that I don't give a ton of gifts or anything (moneymoneymoney) but I am an infamous snailmailer amongst my friends. I am constantly sending little notes and cards to everyone I know and have met in the various places I've lived. I think it's in the same spirit you're referring to.
It took me many years to find a way to be of service.
And in a way just being allowed to do what I do is a gift to me.
It has a very deep meaning for both them and me.
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