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35 Gifts: Day 1
Dec. 31st, 2009 10:54 pmI gave my first gift!
It was a really hot day today. The top temperature was 38C/100F and it had that oppressive "thunderstorm approaching" feel all day until the storm finally began at 9pm. I suspect there will be a lot of very wet people ringing in 2010 in Melbourne!
I thought all day that I didn't know what I would give ... I had pretty much decided that I'd have to give an online donation to a charity that I support, but I felt like that was a cop-out in some way I can't define.
Evidently the universe had figured things out for me though, even if I hadn't - when my very hard working carer was here I asked what she was doing for the new year and she said she'd probably be asleep as she'd been working hard since 5am. I had a tin of sweets in my lap at the time, and it contained just 2 of the tiny chocolates she liked. I picked them out and gave them to her, saying one was for now and one was for when the new year arrived.
She gave me a huge hug and a smile, and seemed very pleased that I'd thought to give them to her. It was such a tiny gift in terms of money or effort, but obviously it had meaning for her as well as for me. I felt pleased (and a little relieved) that I'd given my first gift.
I'm going to try to think ahead now and make a list of gifts which I can give on days when giving is difficult. Some days I see very few people, or have long stretches when I'm alone. I hadn't thought before now but emailed or snail-mailed gifts are another possibility, although it seems it will make them more remote and almost abstracted. I'm really pleased that I've started this project. Roll on twenty ten!
Cheers,
Ricky
It was a really hot day today. The top temperature was 38C/100F and it had that oppressive "thunderstorm approaching" feel all day until the storm finally began at 9pm. I suspect there will be a lot of very wet people ringing in 2010 in Melbourne!
I thought all day that I didn't know what I would give ... I had pretty much decided that I'd have to give an online donation to a charity that I support, but I felt like that was a cop-out in some way I can't define.
Evidently the universe had figured things out for me though, even if I hadn't - when my very hard working carer was here I asked what she was doing for the new year and she said she'd probably be asleep as she'd been working hard since 5am. I had a tin of sweets in my lap at the time, and it contained just 2 of the tiny chocolates she liked. I picked them out and gave them to her, saying one was for now and one was for when the new year arrived.
She gave me a huge hug and a smile, and seemed very pleased that I'd thought to give them to her. It was such a tiny gift in terms of money or effort, but obviously it had meaning for her as well as for me. I felt pleased (and a little relieved) that I'd given my first gift.
I'm going to try to think ahead now and make a list of gifts which I can give on days when giving is difficult. Some days I see very few people, or have long stretches when I'm alone. I hadn't thought before now but emailed or snail-mailed gifts are another possibility, although it seems it will make them more remote and almost abstracted. I'm really pleased that I've started this project. Roll on twenty ten!
Cheers,
Ricky
