Sunday, May 31, 2009

Time to spread the smile around!!!



As school vacation is going to start , we r all getting ready to go home.......our parents, cousins, relatives, friends......all are waiting for us and kids to arrive..
Countdown has begun.... 18 days to go....

We are busy in shopping and packing…and that's what we love the most.. buying gifts for our loved ones. Selecting gifts is such a fun ...........we completely enjoy this ........u can say its a passion for us.

Gift.. it is such a wonderful thing…. it gives so much happiness to one who gives and one who receives...
we love if someone gives us a gift.... let it be anything.. a rose or even a toffee ... we just love it.

My little daughter makes greeting cards for us on a rough or torn paper and we love them too.

What we love the most is giving gifts to all.........we just like to see the smile on their faces.. For our kids we always buy small small stuff and we make sure that we pack them well with whatever stationary we have with us. We gift-wrap it nicely and give it to them with a note….

It might be just pencil box .. she needs for school.. but when we give it as a gift she just loves it and learns to cherish it.

We always cherish our gifts. Whatever we receive.. We have a habit of keeping the gift-wrapper with the best wishes note on it. (earlier my mom used to shout at me that there is no place to keep your stupid things but still i managed to store them)....... when i got married i took 3 cartons full of the greeting cards and gift tags and wrappers and stuff with me ... he he... my loving hubby did not utter a word about it because its a common passion...

There is one thing we never ever do is to exchange our gifts........even if we don't like the item we never mention it to the person who gave it to us.... we make sure that we use it because the feelings of the person who gave us that gift are more important for us...........we will make sure to use it in front of the person.

we always teach our children the same thing....never ever say if u don't like anything because someone has bought that gift for you with so much love… so.. if u say ‘oh, why u got this - i don't like it - i wanted something else’.. then u will hurt the person ...never ever do it.

Feelings are more important not the gift itself. A little flower given with lots of love is more precious than an expensive gift u might receive from someone without much feelings involved.

we do not expect a gift in return ... we just love to give gifts.. it gives us true happiness and that's what matters most to us.

We think we can spread smile by giving gifts to people we love and can bring a little more happiness in their lives….and we are thankful to god for giving us the ability and resources to spread this smile around…

4 comments:

Deepa Gopal said...

Truly said, Sayli!!! I love the way you said it and perfect timing coz its VACATION!

Even we've started shopping... buying gifts. No matter how small..gifts are a source of joy to kids n adults alike:)

I like to keep safe my daughter's teeny-weeny drawings done on torn paper too. I think we are similar in our passion...safe keeping all stuff we get...be it card or anyother gift!

Nice to read thru your post... reminded me of many things.

Have a great day!

hugs
deepa

Sayli said...

very true deepa! as i said b4 thanks to our daughters that we met :-)
thanks for the comment dear ..it made my day! and u too have a gr8 day!
love
sayli.

Renee said...

Sayli there is nothing like giving a gift. It is so true that it is better to give than to receive.

Going home. Aren't those wonderful words.

Love Renee xoxox

Sayli said...

yes renee .. home is where our heart is ... no matter where u r ot which part of the world u r ...its our home where we find the peace! really excited to go home.