The Giver and the Receiver !

 The flowers give nectar and the honey Bees receive it!

This equation between the giver and the receiver is something I have watched with interest. 

The flower is rewarded for its honey by the Bee pollinating the flower. 

This reciprocity is worth pondering upon!

The receiver gives something back to the flower to complete its cycle. 

It is when we give, we open the door to receive!

Giving prompts the receiver to give something in return. 

Giving and receiving become the reciprocal human behaviour. 

A child of three years reminded me of the virtue of giving and the response it creates to generate a chain reaction. This child gave me a flower; another child seeing this gave one to his mother. Both children then gathered flowers from the ground and gave a handful to all the adults around. All the adults, strangers to each other, greeted each other and exchanged pleasantries. 

Giving is a graceful act. Receiving is a grateful act. Giving and receiving bring nearness between people. 

When we withhold giving, we reduce the chance of receiving!  

Giving is a way of blessing others! 

A friend told me that he decided to support a child for schooling. The child's father who spent part of his income drinking alcohol, seeing this kind gesture of a stranger came to thank him. This act of kindness touched this father that he stopped drinking. He subsequently tried to support another family,  who too suffered because of alcohol dependance of the father. In three months he too kicked the habit. 

Let me suggest that giving might not create such substantial changes; but giving opens the door for changes that can be significant. 

Most people feel touched when given something!

Giving is a way of touching the life of others! 

When I receive a greeting with a smile, I feel revived from my thoughts within to be outward in thought and deed!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)