Benefits of receiving a gift.

You give because it provides light. You give because it enhances. You give because it supports. You give because it gives meaning of life to another human being. That is what giving must incorporate.

We speak so often about the importance of being loving to all others, and this is really a loving that is giving. Your goal in human life, therefore, is the goal of the gift of love, the gift of support. The sharing that you experience essentially provides the environment that encourages the gift. When you receive a gift, you are strengthened, reinforced, you are shown meaning, and you learn something of love. That is the benefit; that is all that you accumulate. There is no other accumulation of any value than the recognition of love offered by someone else.