Bulbul receives and Barbet takes!

I am fascinated how a juvenile Bulbul has the habit of receiving the feed from the parent bird and a juvenile Barbet has the taking habit from the parent while feeding !

In both instances the parent bird is a giver!

The difference in habit is a pointer to such possibilities in human behaviour!  

It is the combination of taking and receiving we come across in infants and toddlers in their early childhood. It is later taking dominates in a toddler's behaviour, which gets once again balanced in the pre-school years! A child grows up as a giver along with taking and receiving. 

If we come across adults who do not exercise efforts to provide for oneself but expect to receive passively, it is an  aberration. If we come across adults who are habitual takers unmindful of others and their needs, that too is an aberration!

Taking and receiving when well blended with giving in adult behaviour , it is a socially graceful  activity!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)