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"I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare."
- C.S. Lewis
"When you give yourself, you receive more than you give."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
* * * We'd LOVE to hear a story or two from your personal life when you've received more than you've given; or, when someone has given to you and it has had a great impact upon you. Please share your story in the comments section. :) * * *
What a great quote, just in time for Thanksgiving :) My favorite part of this time of year is to see how OTHER people react when opening the gifts that I've given them!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite gift was to have my desperately ill Dad lift his hand and stroke my cheek one last time. He died a week later, and that memory will never leave me.
ReplyDeleteFantastic!
ReplyDeleteAs my sister and I were struggling to run through Paris to catch our flight back home (we had slept in!!), and we realised that we had no money to get the train to the airport, a French man appeared out of nowhere, and used HIS credit card to pay for our tickets, without even being asked.
To this day...WOW!!