“it is better to give than to receive"

[shonenvan]

most often quoted at Christmas time, when it is regularly used to encourage children not to focus only on the presents they hope to get. The original thought comes from the Christian Bible, where in the New Testament Book of Acts St Paul tells his listeners to “remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’”. Through countless commentaries and sermons, the phrase has become a commonplace of western culture, familiar to many who could not trace its biblical roots. Yet the values the phrase presents seem to challenge everything about modern materialist society, as well as the insights of Economics, with its rational, value-maximising “homo economicus”. So is “better to give than to receive” simply a Christmas cliché, to be dusted off once a year but forgotten in the selfish struggle for survival and profit that occupies the other 364 days? Or does it provide a valuable insight into the human condition and a rule to live by throughout the year?
-IDEA

 

[uzumakikenshin]

if for a man like me... no pretending i love receiving something... especially to those people that are important to me..

1st:

for the growing economic business right now and for those businessman (whether small or big) it was natural for them not to give away what they have just for the sake of it.. it's reality its very hard to give up something that you have cared for... that's the rule for that if you are talking of the material things in this world...

and we never know... maybe they have those charity works that they do...

2nd:

wen Peter said that.. i think he doesnt definitely mean that those things just represents the material things in this world... There are things that human needed much more than those material things.. yes, we need the basic needs and one might even say that "love" cannot satisfy a hungry stomach.. of corz yes...

but if we look into the deeper side... one can only give if he has a heart that drives it...
and every man in this world i guess is giving what they think they can give... even if it's not a round the clock motion... we give love to those people that are important us.. care for others even we do not know them..

giving is part of mankind.. it may not be seen in visible ways.. and we may not be aware of it.. but giving and helping is something that is part of our life..

so i dont think that it is just present when it's christmas time...

it's something we think we forgot.. but we really didnt..

christmas is just a season where giving is more emphasized...

 

[chickmagnet]

i would say give cause i feel like shit when i receive and im unable 2 give

 

[Yanto]

Both are good but .... Is better

 

[DrizztJinjuriki]

Giving, I think, is better......

 

[blackbird31468]

receiveing makes one happy and giving makes one satisfied.

 

[-Hatake-]

receiveing makes one happy and giving makes one satisfied.

this

 

[MrSharingan]

when I receive something I just give something else away quick so I don't have to feel obligated to do nice stuff stress free

 

[Daruny]

Grams:"Its better to give than receive."

Then I bet you feel pretty bad right now, don't ya?