Please and Thank You..

Gifts.

Don't we all love gifts? Of course we do. I especially love gifts that I didnt expect.. Oh.. the surprise of receiving it.. the anticipation.. the glee of the realization of it being just the right gift..

Those are moments that are worth basking in.. like basking in the late morning sun.. shining down on you warming your skin.. it makes you smile all through your body..

What about when you are given a gift.. A gift that you didnt realize you were given at the time?? Maybe.. maybe you didnt find out that you were given something.. significant.. until much, much later..

Does it change that sunshine morning feeling? Does it have more to do with the type of gift than it does the actual timing? I mean, if someone gave you the most groovy pair of shoes now... do you feel different if you realized they were sitting in your closet for six months? You know, honestly, I kind of think you do..

Why is that? What about the lack of immediate gratification deflates our ability to appreciate the moment for what it is?!?

So, what if the circumstances are that your gift is something more intangible? What if.. you are given the gift of .. self assuredness.. security.. or to be unafraid..

Are those the things you get excited about?

Maybe.. those are the only things you should get excited about.. Maybe, just maybe.. those are the only things in life that can actually give merit to any of the other things.. So, when someone gives them to you, without fanfare or hooplah or fodder.. its a beautiful thing..

Today I realized I was given a gift like that.. Its funny though.. I've operated all this time unaware of my gift's presence.. That was intentional apparently.. Alas, my gift is out in the sunshine now and its a nice thing to have..

I should be ecstatic.. I've told a friend of mine.. He was happy about it.. Heck, I think it made him happier, more self assured and at ease than it did me..

To be honest.. my gift.. makes me a little ill at ease.. I should be happy about it.. Maybe its the unknowns..

I guess though, long since gone are the days where just arbitrarily say please and thank you.