Walking up to my front door, I saw the corner of a package on the doormat. My first thought: Did I order something? No, I have been so good about not ordering anything online since the "add to cart" catastrophe of Christmas 2013. My second thought: no really, did i order something from the GAP by accident when I was browsing the cute, new spring trends?
And then I looked down and saw the unfamiliar colored packaging; I had no clue why my name was on this package, but all of a sudden I got so excited! What IS it?? Did someone send me something in the mail?? I saw the Official Princeton University Store logo and then I remembered: my friend who works for a school in Princeton said she was going to send me a shirt. I tore the package open; not being someone who celebrates christmas, i don't have the cliche "like a kid on christmas morning" metaphor to liken it to, but glee and mirth were definitely happening.
I am grateful for the act of gift giving - not obligatory gift giving on holidays or birthdays, but the random, out of the blue, because I think you'd like this gift giving. I didn't need a new shirt; I have a million shirts. After I opened it, though, I decided I did need a new shirt. I needed the idea of it, at least. It solidified my notion that the people who do tiny, selfless, things for others, are the people who do the biggest things.
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