"Give" and "take" are two interesting verbs. When you give, you transfer or hand over something that you have to another. When you take, you reach for something and hold it. Nowadays it seems that the most popular philosophy is the one that encourages you to take rather than to give. A famous Latin proverb says, "Do ut des", which means "I give in order for you to give me back." Therefore, it seems that any apparently generous action is carried out so that a benefit can be acquired. How sad! On the other hand, how beautiful it is to give for the sake of giving, just to see the other happy. You can give so many things, beside material stuff: a smile, your time, a listening ear, a shoulder to lean on. How difficult can this be?
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