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My newly 4-year-old granddaughter bounced into the living room with eyes wide and anticipation written across her face. The time had come to open her presents.
First up, a rectangular box wrapped in shiny blue paper with a golden bow, then a purple bag with a treasure hidden beneath the tissue paper.
“Open the card first,” her mother said. “Let’s see who it’s from.”
Ella tore into the envelope with excitement, pulling the card out and holding it upside down in her hands.
“A card!” she screamed with delight. “I wanted a card!”
Several of us laughed. “We should have just gotten her cards and no presents,” someone said. And, frankly, we began to realize that might have been fine with Ella.
She sat the card aside and went through every present with equal enthusiasm, stopping after each joyous opening to find the givers, look them in the eyes and thank them personally for their gifts.
No amount of parental coaching could coax such genuine gratitude. It simply flowed out of her heart, a natural thankfulness for what life was bringing her way. “She’s a great gift-receiver,” her aunt pointed out.
As we at SVI pause with the rest of America this week to reflect on all that we’ve been given – our work, our clients, our friends, our family, our communities, our opportunities and even our challenges – we want to be “great gift-receivers” – genuinely, passionately grateful. Each day, we unwrap life. Join us, won’t you, in giving thanks.
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