"Rings and jewels are not gifts but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a part of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
A few weeks ago I was with a customer to change their point of view, while he was talking with a close relative. Even if the client loved the person who was for them to get them to be difficult because that person's negative outlook. I asked the customer to make a list of almost 25 points good for this relative - both qualities that he admired,to overcome the difficulties that the person has, or things that this person had done for them over the years. The purpose of this exercise was to see the person moving in a different light. I then suggested that they may have to take the exercise a step further and share this list with the relative and then a Christmas special.
More than any gift that you could choose for a loved one - a gift from the heart in your words, things that I love and admire in them is a permanentImpression. It can affect not only the other person like no other gift that will warm your heart. Who knows who could use a little 'TLC more (Tender Loving Care) this season? Rather than torture the present "perfect", take a few minutes to write all the wonderful things that you know this person. Think back over the years and events that you remember to bring smiles. What qualities stand out in your head? In areas that Excel does this person? How did this personor influenced? Write everything that comes to mind.
Use your creativity and imagination to go with the unique opportunity to present this collection of your loved ones. It might be a humorous poem, a touching story, a book to play with images that show what you represent, a colorful list, or a presentation created on the computer. Think of inventive ways, this gift in a way that they produce to see him often. Ask the most creative person you knowfor some other suggestions.
I guarantee you maximum fun creating this gift for the person sending it. Making a difference this holiday and give this special gift from the heart, that someone might just need a little 'more attention or more this season. Who knows you might end up to change your point of view at the same time!
Copyright December 2005
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