The Most Important Way to Give in Retirement
When we reach retirement, many of us are on limited and fixed income. We find that we cannot always give as much as we did in the past. Yet some of the most meaningful ways to give at the holidays, and throughout the year, cost us no money.
I am convinced that the most important gift any of us can give to another is the gift of our love, our time, our presence, and something of ourselves. No matter what other gifts we do or do not give, spending time with others we care about and helping others is the best gift we can give.
I have a friend with MS, who finds gift wrapping very difficult. Rather than seeing her spend money to have her gifts wrapped by a store or a service, I try to take an afternoon and go to her house and wrap gifts for her. It helps her, it allows her to have her gifts wrapped the way she wants, and we have a wonderful visit while I’m there.
There are thousands of ways we can give of ourselves during the holiday season. I hope you will find a new way to give a truly special gift to someone this year.
Happy holidays.
Cynthia