we actually discussed this in my economics class in high school. my teacher said there was no such thing as a free lunch (or in this case, gift). For example, if i buy a lunch for a homeless person, its not free because I'm obviously spending money on the food. Not only that, but i'm spending time on getting the lunch; furthermore, I'm sacrificing energy. I disagree with that though. the way i see it, the more attached you are to material matters, the more expensive gifts will be. Personally, i don't care that much about money; if we really needed it to survive, it would grow on trees. Thats how the earth works: it gives us what we need to survive, and it gives us what we need to die. Money is man-made; its unnecessary. Recently, i bought a bag full of food for a homeless man because i felt he deserved it. He's obviously going through some shit; he deserves respect. And yea, it cost around $30, but who cares? its money: worthless pieces of paper. he's a living, breathing human being with a story to tell just like any one of us. In the economic sense, this wasn't free. In the human sense, it was. I found a really good quote that goes along with what im saying:
“The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy."
So basically, if you're giving a gift because you have to and not because you want to, it's not free. That's more of a burden than a gift. and i'm sorry, i've given this a lot of thought, but i'm having trouble explaining it.
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