A gift is something everybody likes. Who can refuse a gift? When someone offers to buy me a nice meal, for instance, or I’ve been invited to use a friend’s beach home, or I get an unexpected treat in the mail, these things don’t exactly add stress to my life. They make me exhale, they make my shoulders fall, and they make me smile. The effect is the very opposite of stress, which is the point exactly. This is how it goes with a gift and how it ought to go with rest.
