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Despite my many downfalls (yea, I know I’m not afraid to be bitch!) I do consider myself a fairly generous person where I can be. Often the easiest way to do this is to buy a gift, especially when you’re as uncreative as I am! After being a student for almost 4 years and then spending the past year living from pay day to pay day while paying off some of the debt I accumulated, I’m finally in a place where I can be more generous with gifts and such like. For my brothers birthday this week I offered him flights to where I live (and free accommodation of course!) so he is going to keep an eye out for a good concert and will come and visit sometime soon for that. I was excited to be able to think of something a little more creative than the usual CD or DVD, especially as he sent me two gorgeous pieces of jewellry from London for my last two birthdays (he has returned home now, I don’t have to fly him here all the way from London!)

This week Shai set us the task of supporting a blogger by being generous. As soon as I was done reading the post I had just the thing in mind. I have thus far ignored the trust theme of Shai’s instructions, as I’m waiting for a sign that my generosity has been received. I sent a little something to someone to say thanks for sharing with me, and many others, their life, both the ups and downs, and for inspiring me to be a little more optimistic, to take the time and make the effort to get into the spirit of things and to make the most of the good times. That’s all I’ll say for now….

In addition to this, I have also spent the weekend baking for a friend who is a little closer to home. I have an online friend who I have been chatting to for many years now, though the chance to meet has never presented itself. He always remembers my birthdays and sents me a gift at christmas time, as well as helping me out in many other ways over these years. This week he sent me a new cord for my laptop charger along with some discs full of all sorts of funny clips and pictures that will provide hours of amusement! This is just one of many examples of his generosity. I bake quite often, and being a woman, am able to multi-task and chat online at the same time without burning everything! Anyone who’s ever tasted my baking has been completely won over (I can’t show modesty here, I rock in the kitchen, there’s just no two ways about it!), and N has always been intrigued by my love of baking but never been able to sample any. For my birthday last year he even sent me a cookbook full of all sorts of yummy things to make. This weekend I have tried out a couple of recipes as well as whipped up a batch of my infamous-and-never-fails-to-please russian fudge, and have prepared a package to send to N:

I checked the weather at his place for the next couple of days, and there’s a cold front coming through, so these should be ok on his doorstep for the day. I’ll send them on the overnight courier tomorrow (after walking carefully to work with them in my bag!). The chocolate covered balls are apricot truffles on the inside, they are yummy!

I’m looking forward to finding out how other people have shown their generosity this week, though of course the point is not to brag about it. Generosity should be accompanied by virtuosity and modesty, but it would be great to hear the creative ways in which people undertook this weeks task

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