I gave my time, my wisdom and my money. I gave to the blind and to the poor. It's been harder for me to learn to receive than to give. I don't like the word 'giving' so much. It has a slight power.
Sharing is better, it's about being equal.
The words come slowly, painfully, as he looks out into the setting sun and struggles to put sentences together. Experience teaches you that holding on to things is not much fun. If that thing is money it cuts you off from other people. The attachment or aversion to 'things' is what is distracting. All of this giving at Christmas, I think, is not so much with Christ.