Yesterday we were talking about those gifts that we think are klunkers and that if we look a little deeper or from a different perspective, we might find they aren’t klunkers after all. I want to share with you a thought about gifts we give others with the intent that they enjoy the gift but we realize they think our gift is the klunker!
I happened across a message of Joel Osteen’s where he was talking about this very thing. One particular sentence resonated so strongly with me that I was stunned when I heard it.
Joel said that once we give the gift and it leaves our hands, it’s no longer our responsibility.
He went on to say that it isn’t our duty, obligation, fault, problem, etc., how the other person receives our gift or what they do with it. We gave with good intentions, a generous heart, and hoping to please/help the person, and that’s all that we need to do. If they have the bad manners and ill grace to see only the surface of the gift and not the goodwill it was wrapped in, then that’s on them, not us.
So, don’t feel bad. You did the best you could, putting thought and love into the gifts you gave. That’s all you need to do.
Your Friend and Pep Pal,
Lauren
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