{"id":3686,"date":"2013-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/how-to-give-the-perfect-gift\/"},"modified":"2020-05-11T20:48:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T20:48:56","slug":"how-to-give-the-perfect-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/how-to-give-the-perfect-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Give The Perfect Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s holiday season and the daunting task of finding gifts for everyone you love is upon us once again.\u00a0 Trust me.\u00a0 The odds of the perfect gift jumping out at you while roaming the aisles of a department store are pretty slim.\u00a0 Here are some tips for giving a gift that will be appreciated and remembered!<\/p>\n

PUT EFFORT INTO IT –<\/em><\/strong> It is easy to delight our partner with gifts early on in the relationship.\u00a0 As the years accumulate, however, we have to work harder and harder to find a way of expressing our love through gifts.\u00a0 To know what delights a person\u2019s heart, you must first spend time with them.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Listen to them.\u00a0 What do they talk about?\u00a0 Worry about?\u00a0 Delight in?\u00a0 Long for?\u00a0 If you ask your loved ones what they want for Christmas and then go get it for them, you basically are saying you are willing to run an errand for them.\u00a0 Effort involves time and thought.\u00a0 (Hint:\u00a0 If you wait until the last minute, the lack of effort will show!)<\/p>\n

OVERCOMING PAST FAILURES –<\/em><\/strong> We\u2019ve all botched it before.\u00a0 If your gift has ever failed to measure up for your partner on a holiday, now we\u2019ve added \u2018fear of disappointing them\u2019 to the pressure of finding the perfect gift.\u00a0 Not only are you trying to delight your partner this year, but now you’re trying to make up for past shortfalls!\u00a0 Yikes!\u00a0 You cannot possibly hit a bull\u2019s-eye on every occasion.\u00a0 Leave the past behind (an honest and sincere apology is always welcomed) and focus on this occasion.<\/p>\n

UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE REALLY DOING<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 A gift shows how much you know and care about a person.\u00a0 \u00a0We all want to know that we matter and that we are appreciated as part of other people\u2019s lives.\u00a0 Face it, the longer we are with someone, the more complacent we become at showing them that we love and appreciate them throughout the year.\u00a0 This puts more and more pressure on this<\/strong><\/em> occasion, this <\/em><\/strong>gift, for an expression of how much we love our partner.\u00a0 With that much riding on it, you can see why you need to put some effort into it!<\/p>\n

CHANGE YOUR THINKING<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Most of us face the gift giving process by looking at what a person needs.\u00a0 Truth is that as we age, we amass more and more of what we need, so there are fewer opportunities for others to fill in the voids.\u00a0 Instead of needs, look at wants<\/em><\/strong>, desires<\/em><\/strong>, delights<\/em><\/strong>, longings<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 What is their life missing?\u00a0 How can you lighten the burdens they carry?\u00a0 What will ease their pain?\u00a0 How can you surprise and delight them? \u00a0These intangibles will likely mean far more to them than anything that you can purchase at a store.\u00a0 The goal is to touch their heart,<\/strong><\/em> not fill their shelves.\u00a0 If you do end up giving them something they need, at least wrap it and present it in a way that is unusual or unexpected!<\/p>\n

BE DELIGHTED TO GIVE<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 I always know when I have hit the mark with gift giving because I am SO excited for the person to receive the gift.\u00a0 There is true joy in giving, if you are doing it with the right spirit.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 If you are truly delighted to be giving the gifts you are giving, it will show.\u00a0 The love that is in your heart when you give the gift means way more than what is underneath the wrapping paper!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s holiday season and the daunting task of finding gifts for everyone you love is upon us once again.\u00a0 Trust me.\u00a0 The odds of the perfect gift jumping out at you while roaming the aisles of a department store are pretty slim.\u00a0 Here are some tips for giving a gift that will be appreciated and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[788,1135,1136,1137,789,1138,1139,1140,1141,1142],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4312,"href":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686\/revisions\/4312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healingheartsofindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}