Giving

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My daughter likes old school movies and tv shows.  The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, etc.  If it has real people and singing in it she’s entertained.  The other night she was watching an episode of Little House on the Prairie.  I had just gotten home from class and plopped on the couch to sit with her.

The episode was centered around Christmas and basically consisting of each of the family members making huge sacrifices in order to give something to their family.

Selfless giving is a good way to describe it.  It made me think how often do I give like that?  It can be easy for me to write a check to something, but is that the sole way we are supposed to give?

Isn’t giving supposed to be more of a sacrifice?  Maybe I’m not giving enough, maybe my whole definition of giving is off-kilter.

I don’t really have the one size fits all answer other than I think giving should be a completely selfless pouring out of myself.

If so I have a lot of work to do to get there, but I want to.