Elusive Joys

There is a reason our Lord said that it’s better to give than to receive- it’s because it is true. In the end, givers are satisfied that they have provided for others and leave life with very few regrets. Takers never know such joy. Their entire life is spent childishly taking and wanting more, never realizing that life is meant to work in the reverse. I’m afraid that in the end most of them would give away all that they have ever gotten for just one moment of contentment, of purpose, of hope, of joy. And even then, seeking and wanting these things, they still fail to see that they can now never have them, because they have never given them.