Fat Monk


18 Dec 2024

Receiving gift 🎁

Have you ever received a gift that you wished for? You are very thankful for it. And then you see someone else receiving a gift that was even “better” than yours? What thoughts crossed your mind?

I ought not envy others’ gifts. I ought to be thankful for the gift I received and focus the joy from it. Envying someone else’s gift will not bring joy - it usually does the opposite.

“Happy people focus on what they have; unhappy people focus on what’s missing.”

~ Andrew Matthews

See
A gift for your enemy
Follow the giver