Gifts was a great Emerson essay. I personally love gifts, both Emerson gifts and those ever so exciting $50 gift certificates to Bloomingdales, or Nordstrom. However the latter is much more common. Though I have participated in the giving of an Emerson gift, I’m not sure if I’ve received one. How sad. But I think it’s really hard to actually get the courage to give someone a gift that really truly means something to you, not something that is just impressively expensive, or even something they need, but something that really has meaning. It’s usually not even something someone is expecting. However as far as gifts go, usually an Emerson gift stays with that person its given to for a long time, whether its material or not. Nordstrom’s gift cards get spent, and the things you buy with them go out of style and are soon forgotten, but when someone gives you a gift from the heart, something that meant something to them in giving it to you it’s the real deal. An Emerson gift serves a purpose for both giver and receiver. It brings them closer together. Now, as much as I am cheering on the Emerson gifts, I probably wouldn’t appreciate them nearly as much if there wasn’t a mixture of meaningful, non material gifts, and OMG I need those Monolos gifts. Even Emerson says when referring to gifts that we want or need that “necessity does everything well.” Its just like all good things in life. Everything in moderation. When you get too many OMG gifts you are stuck with a bunch of…stuff that becomes meaningless, and when you get only Emerson gifts you have nothing to wear. Further more we wouldn’t even be blogging about Emerson gifts if they weren’t so rare. They show that you really care about someone. When you take the time to make something or teach someone something its….deeeep.
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