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If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for read more
If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.
Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.
Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.
Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.
Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.
 And wisest he in this whole wide land
 Of hoarding till bent and gray;
  For all you read more 
 And wisest he in this whole wide land
 Of hoarding till bent and gray;
  For all you can hold in your cold, dead hand
   Is what you have given away.
    . . . .
     He gave with a zest and he gave his best;
      Give him the best to come. 
 He ne'er consider'd it as loth
 To look a gift-horse in the mouth,
  And very wisely would read more 
 He ne'er consider'd it as loth
 To look a gift-horse in the mouth,
  And very wisely would lay forth
   No more upon it than 'twas worth;
    But as he got it freely, so
     He spent it frank and freely too:
      For saints themselves will sometimes be,
       Of gifts that cost them nothing, free. 
 It is not the weight of jewel or plate,
 Or the fondle of silk or fur;
  "Tis read more 
 It is not the weight of jewel or plate,
 Or the fondle of silk or fur;
  "Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich,
   As the gifts of the Wise Ones were,
    And we are not told whose gift was gold,
     Or whose was the gift of myrrh. 
 He gives twice who gives quickly.
 [Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
   - credited to Publius read more 
 He gives twice who gives quickly.
 [Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
   - credited to Publius Syrus Mimus, 
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself
Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.
Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.