posted on Nov, 20 2011 @ 06:59 PM
reply to post by ThirdEyeofHorus
Thanks! Don't get me wrong... I love Christmas.....what it is MEANT to be. OK...let me explain what I mean. I see all these commercials where a guy
gives his wife an expensive diamond necklace (which is fine if you can do it)....the woman is squealing to her friend "He went to JARED!!!!!"
Like as if , if your significant other didn't get your jewelry at Jared and spent a ton of money, well....it isn't quite "up to par".
It made me think back to when I first got married. We were very young, and he worked twelve hour shifts at a plant, and I worked as a cashier, but we
struggled to pay the bills regardless. We really didn't have money for presents, but he came home with a little box, that I could see he took great
care to wrap to the best of his ability.....he had bought me a necklace from the local dollar store (it still had the sticker on it:lol
It was a
dolphin (one of my favorite animals). I was so touched, not only that he thought of me... (even if it WAS only a few dollars), but that he even picked
out the dolphin, which he KNEW I loved. I never felt a feeling in my heart as strong as in that moment, and it had NOTHING to do with him "going to
Jared"
. Yes, I know, it's only a commercial, but the point I am trying to make is this. That necklace is priceless to me. I still have it 10
years later. A simple act from the heart has more value than anything you can put a price tag on. He passed away a year after that.....and that is a
memory I will always cherish. So when you give from the heart (not being told to, and for the sheer joy of seeing another person smile) you are doing
it for the right reasons. Giving food to a hungry person is the same motivation. Uggggh.....I hope that made sense....It's so hard for me to express
what I really want to say. I hope you understand what I mean.
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