Friends, welcome to your personal space of peace and positive thinking, here for you each week. It?s here to bring you back up on those days when life may be pulling you down, or to simply keep your spirits uplifted, week after week.

The Perfect PRESENT

Once again, it?s that time of the year - GIFT GIVING time.

We all try to give the most PERFECT GIFT ? which cannot be bought at any shopping mall; it can only be found in the goodness of our heart!

This year, present the best gift of all, YOURSELF. For some, it will be your time, for others, some patience, companionship or thoughtfulness, kindness, encouragement, understanding, even guidance. Make a checklist of what best you can offer, according to the receiver?s needs and present it, in one neat little package with LOVE AND HONESTY.

All things wrapped gaily are all very well and nice tokens. They are also appreciated and diplomatically correct, but they are only material and don?t really add value to life. They only add to your ever-increasing collection of inanimate objects.

There is no substitute for the gift of yourself. All other items pale in comparison and are totally insignificant in relation to YOUR BEING.Do give the attractively packaged box, but add value to it, by adding a bit of yourself. It will make a major difference to the worth of the present and will be treasured for a lifetime.

I intend to do just that this year, How about you?

Happy GIFT GIVING everyone!!!

by Ruby KAPOOR