Giving the Gift

Sometimes the best gifts come in really surprising packages.


Everyday, we get to give the gift of life.
It can be painful, it can be terrifying, but in the end it's worth it.

Everytime, we all have the opportunity to give.



Maybe the gifts are not as dramatic as what happens in the operating room.

Maybe the gift is to try and make a simple apology.

Maybe it's to understand another person's point of view.

Maybe it's to hold a secret for a friend.



The joy, supposedly, is in the giving.
So when the joy is gone.. when the giving starts to feel more like a burden.. that's when you stop.

But if you like most people I know, you give till it hurts.

And then you give some more.

Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy, S06E10

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And that's just me.
I give till it hurts.
Yet I give some more.