Giving is Receiving
It's funny how sometimes, the most simplest of questions can be a bit difficult to answer. Questions like, how are you? Are you happy? Or in this case, the hardest thing I've done this year.
When I first saw the contest topic, I had immediately felt like this would be a walk in the park for me, and yet I've spent the last two hours trying to think of something, all to no avail.
So in as much as I will be writing something today, I honestly don't think this will be my entry for the contest because for some reason I feel that the hardest thing that I've done this year should be something that really really fits the topic.
Anyways, just in case you're wondering what topic I'm talking about, here's a link to the contest for you all to participate in it.
With all that said, if there's one thing that I can think of at the moment that wasn't exactly something new, but was taken a lot more seriously this year compared to other years, it will be me giving to people.
You see unlike the other years that I've talked and written on giving and the importance of giving, I feel like this year was the year where I took it really really serious. For some reason, I made it a point to always give whenever I had something to give.
And I know that you guys might not really think it's a big deal because everyone gives at one point of their life or the other, but you see, the reason why I feel like this would make the list of hardest things I've done this year is because they've been situations where I didn't even have enough for myself, where I had no idea where my next meal would come from if I gave the little I had with me, and yet I still went ahead and did it.
And you know what's crazy? The crazy thing is that although I did all of that, although I took that risk even though I had no idea where I was going to get my next meal from, I never for one day went to bed on an empty stomach.
Somehow, I always found a way around the situation and survived. It's crazy now that I think of it because I never really thought about it that way but that's the honest truth.
They say giving is receiving. If I never believed in it before, well this year has turned me into a believer and I just hope and pray that I keep on giving as much as I can.