The Joy of giving

[Harry_Y]

Many years ago when I was in the Navy I had a little battery powered airplane that would fly in a
circle around my ceiling. A friend of mine saw it and always liked it (it was an F-4 Phantom like
he used to work on). As he was getting out of the Navy I gave it to him and he was thrilled to get it.
Less than a week later someone did something nice for me and that gave me the same thrilled feeling.
I always felt it was Gods way of bringing the joy to me I had given to my friend.

Fast forward to last weekend, I was giving away some old tank hardware to a local guy when
he came over I showed him my setup and he looked into my frag tank and said that he wished
he had brought money to buy some frags from me... When I was done with giving him the
hardware I went over to the frag tank and started to bag and give him frags, he told me he
felt like it was Christmas for him. Afterwards as we were talking he told me that he had
just provided presents for a family in need last Christmas.

It reminded me of my friend and the little airplane, and it really was a joyful moment for me to
know that I was in a way returning the joy to him he had given to others through his generosity.

It also lets me realize the blessings I have had bestowed upon me to be able to bless others.

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

Harry, thank you for this message! That's really kind and bright words!
I felt this with my little sister, always when I have chance to help her
I feel bless. I'm feeling I'm doing something really matter, because nobody...
nobody will not do it for her, only me. That's matter if you doing this for other
people, maybe nobody will not do it for them.... but you did! I think it's gift and bless! You know, it's mean a lot for everybody, that's mean of life... to help each other and see their's pure joy!!!

 

[shollis2814]

You know, I appreciate this so much. I enjoy a pipe and over Christmas I was part of a secret Santa swap on reddit. My match sent me *way* more than the minimum swap and I was truly blessed. I was able to pay that forward with some folks who wanted to try some blends, but didn't have access to them.

I hope that if and when my corals get big enough to frag, I can help someone starting out.

Thanks for being awesome.

 

[Harry_Y]

Harry, thank you for this message! That's really kind and bright words!
I felt this with my little sister, always when I have chance to help her
I feel bless. I'm feeling I'm doing something really matter, because nobody...
nobody will not do it for her, only me. That's matter if you doing this for other
people, maybe nobody will not do it for them.... but you did! I think it's gift and bless! You know, it's mean a lot for everybody, that's mean of life... to help each other and see their's pure joy!!!

Thank you.

Sometimes I wonder if the Good Lord blesses us full knowing that we will share that blessing with others.

 

[Harry_Y]

You know, I appreciate this so much. I enjoy a pipe and over Christmas I was part of a secret Santa swap on reddit. My match sent me *way* more than the minimum swap and I was truly blessed. I was able to pay that forward with some folks who wanted to try some blends, but didn't have access to them.

I hope that if and when my corals get big enough to frag, I can help someone starting out.

Thanks for being awesome.

Thank you. I've always gotten a kick out of exceeding the expectations of others.

The part the really blew me away was finding out afterwards that he had just made Christmas possible for a family.