Eternal issue – to make a gift
To give a gift. What can be easier if you know a person perfectly or if you checked his notebook beforehand and now you are a happy holder of his/her secret hobbies and interests? You could walk forth and back rubbing your hands gladly. Why not? You have good reasons for being glad – you are invited to the party and you know what to present!!! So, now you can go to bed with pure soul. Tomorrow you will go to the closest shop (at least you are lucky to see one of it not far from your home) and buy something good... BUT! What the hell! You come to the shop and your eyes are rolling around. You know that this present on that shelf is perfect for your friend/wife/mother-in-law/boss etc... but the price is too high/another gift is bigger, but not so nice and sweet/you enjoy this gift, but you would like to purchase the same in different color. "So, it is not so easy", you say feeling that the saleswoman is gazing at you. Another thought finds you desperate "But I do not want to buy SOMETHING, I want to purchase something SPECIAL".
So, you know this situation? Does not remind anybody? And perhaps it is you're now standing in the nearby shop and gazing at the shelves trying to choose something, and this nice saleswoman is trying to please you for your calm whisper "I want something special".
If you recognize yourself, so, we could be good friends for about half an hour speaking about GIFTS. Don't worry, I will not take much time of yours, but after reading this article the process of choosing presents will not take much time of yours!
Everyone once in his life was invited to anniversary, wedding, birthday, New Year. And everyone had a thought to present a special gift to a person you love, like or respect. Of course, everyone could turn a present into a joke – "I am your best present". But maybe some day you would like to leave warm memories or long lasting thoughts. What is the best way to do it? Perhaps your present will be kept heartfully for a long time (yes, girls like it) and once in the future it will be taken out with very tender feelings. So, present seems to be the clearest way to make somebody a little bit happy in this life, but unfortunately not the easiest.
Once, when I was a student and read piles of documents, books, works, and other scribble, I found a paragraph in a psychological book. It said that every person needs affection and love, tenderness and warmth in his life. No wonder, of course, but a person needs seven positive moments per day. Psychologists call them "stroking". A cup of hot coffee could be a pleasant thing in early in the morning when your eyes look like moons, or a favorite song by radio while you are driving to the office, but anything in the world would not replace a warm glance of a beloved person or a small gift left on your pillow when you awake. It is "a stroke". A rose presented to your girl-friend even if it is not an anniversary of your dating is "a stroke". A new cookery book for your mom when she does not expect this present is "a stroke". A paper crane on the table of your co-worker on his birthday when nobody congratulates him is "a stroke".
So, the reasons for making gifts are deeper. We make presents not only because on a certain holiday, but for another reason as well – to make something pleasant for a person, establish or keep on good relationship. Let's do it correctly. Good present is a secret sign which is understandable to a giver and to a taker only.