Just for free*

How often do you get given something for free?
When was the last time you’ve been given something for free for no purpose? It wasnt a marketing campaign…it wasnt payback for something you had given earlier…and it wasn’t necessarily from someone you already knew…it was just for free!

Well, it would seem my week has been full of those of those scenarios. I have turned up like literally just turned up to some places and have been offered free things or items or opportunities. If you know me, you know I dont give two hoots about “stuff” that people give me. In saying that, I wont reject something thats given with heart but Im not interested in accumulating things for the ‘sake of’ if you get my drift.

Anyhow, what I loved about this week was meeting the people who were behind the giving. I love it that there are some people who can give millions away and we recognise them for their generosity that they’ve probably worked hard for (even though Im sure most of them never want the accolades). But I also love the peeps that give things away for free day to day without any recognition at all. I love watching the business owner’s who after years of sowing into other people’s lives and being somewhat of a ‘nobody’ hold their first free event and lots of people rock up that they weren’t expecting. I love it that a guy who doesnt know a girl walks up to her and politely offers her not one, but two drinks of orange juice at a bar all at once. I love it when a cafe decides to give you extra food that you haven’t paid for all because you asked for your order with a smile.

Ironically, something that you receive for free still costed someone else something…I guess thats why I find it hard to receive sometimes. Don’ t get me wrong, I love being surprised by peoples generosity but sometimes I cant help thinking what it cost them to give what they gave to me…Some may say that thinking like that is unnecessary but at the same time, when I look back in the history books and find out what people gave for free, I wonder what life would be like without their generosity (and Im not just talking about money).

Someone might freely give their life for another, some people freely give their time. Some people freely give their shelter and some people freely give their money. What I love about real generosity, is that you cant compare the method of generosity with the impact that it has on that persons life.

So thank you to the guy who bought me two oranges juices and gave them to me freely. Thank you to the cafe for giving me a free salad with my meal. Thank you to the business owner who gave me free entrance to your event. You are not WOW because you gave to me…you are just WOW because you gave.

So thank you…you wont be forgotten

Luv annapoppins xxx