Tis Better To Give Than Receive???

Megalobyte

Megalobyte

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I am very fond of quality knives, i own several high-end customs and have collected Microtechs for many years as well, and one MT i never had was a butterfly type, i had often thought of adding a Tachyon to my collection, but never got around to it, today, i happened to be in a gun/knife shop, and they had just gotten in some of the newer, cheaper, Dragonfly butterfly knives, and the guy agreed to sell me one for $100. I looked it over carefully, I am the world's craziest perfectionist and couldnt find a scratch, ding, blemish anywhere, it was perfect, excited, i was about to add one to my collection, in fact, it would be my first butterfly knife of ANY type.

It was exactly then that i thought of my friend Jeff, who is breaking up with his girlfriend of 8 years, moving out of their house, between jobs, and he's been a bit depressed lately. He is by no means a knife nut like we are, i believe he only owns one knife, a Cuda, but he does appreciate a nice knife and has often indicated he would love to own a Microtech one day, having seen some of mine. So, you can see where this is going.

I was all set to buy this knife for ME, was looking forward to it immensely, and then, i decided to buy it for Jeff instead as a gift.

I was in his area, he was at work, i called his cell and told him i had a small gift for him and i needed to get his hidden spare key to put this little gift into his house until he got home tonight, he obliged, and the knife is presently in his house waiting for him to get home and discover the mysterious gift i left for him. I cant wait for him to see it, he will LOVE it. Its really a beautifully made knife for only $100.

My point of all this is, i am positive that i am getting, and will get more satisfaction from giving it to him and brightening up his life a little, than if i had just added one more knife to my collection. I realized, it would be more special to him than me, and hopefully cheer him up a little, i suppose i could have bought one for each of us, but money is a little tight right now, especially after just lending another friend $400 for him to buy his dream guitar, and so i really couldnt afford 2, so i had to choose, either him or me, i chose him, and i believe i chose right.

The fact is, it really DOES feel better to give than receive, and i just proved that to myself yet again. Go buy a knife lover a nice knife, you'll see what i mean. :) He hasnt gotten home yet, i know when he sees it he'll call me to thank me, and i cant wait to see/hear his surprise, its like Christmas never left...

PS. I am adding this to my post as something didnt make sense as i wrote it. I had first said he was between jobs, which is true, he doesnt have a legit, steady job right now, BUT, he is valet parking part time until he finds something in his field, so when i called his cell phone, he was indeed "at work", and yet, i still do consider him to be "between jobs" as i said. Sorry for the confusion, but i wanted to clear it up, lest the message of my post take a backseat to any perceived inconsitancy. The message being, of course, the feeling you get when helping someone out is better than when you merely help yourself out, and i strongly urge all of you to try to remember and act on this. Youll be glad you did!---Ari
 
That's a very generous thing you did. I'm sure he will always cherish that knife. What goes around comes around. You will be rewarded someday.

Mike
 
Let us know what happens, I know what u mean, my knife budget is low, but i'm thinking bout giving away 3 knives before I get another one for myself, 2 griptilians and 1 william henry maybe.
 
God bless you kind fellow!! It's good to know there are a few upstanding people left in this world. Your friend will never forget that gift of kindness.:) :) dtsoll
 
Good job man, and you're a good friend.

And yeah, let us know what he says/thinks of it. :)
 
You're creating some good Karma! Of course creating another knife knut
is a great thing!



You're a good guy!
 
Hi again. Thanks for the kind words guys, while it truly was not my intention to elicit praise for my action, your responses are appreciated. Let me quickly explain why i really posted what i did.

Like all of us, there are many times in my life, when i get very caught up in all of the various things life throws at me and i often "forget" how important it is to do good deeds for others, and, how good it feels when you do something nice for someone. A quick example. The other day, i had eaten lunch at IHOP, went to the register to pay, gave the woman my credit card and was waiting for it to process. Well, normally, so many things would be occupying my mind, bills, woman trouble, business, etc, all of those things and fears that we worry about, and 9 times out of 10, id probably just wait for the receipt to process in silence, sign it, say thanks, and leave, but luckily, this is one of the times i "remembered" how good it feels to be nice, and i looked at the woman and saw how sort of down and fed up she was, after all, being a waitress at a diner isnt exactly one of life's most thrilling jobs, and so i engaged her in friendly conversation, asking her how her Christmas went, if she got any cool gifts and so fourth, her plans for new years, and her whole face and personality immediately brightened up and you know what, it made her day just a little nicer, and mine too. Now, i understand, merely being friendly to another person is hardly a great deed, i just used this example to illustrate my point how its easy to just sit there, silent, caught up in your own "stuff" and forget to go out of your way to be nice, but, if you remember to do it, you make another person's day nicer and yours as well, its win-win. And it is my ongoing "project" to be more aware and remember to do good things more often. Like i said, im as guilty as anyone of getting caught up in my own crap and often forgetting how important it is and how good it feels to go that extra step to do good things for others, but im trying, and i urge us all to try to remember more often to get less caught up in our own little world and lives, and get more caught up in others and see if maybe theres something we can do to make the other persons life just a little better, and in the end, we make our life better too. Just a thought, corny, maybe, but it works, and its a good feeling when you remember to do it.
 
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