Many years ago when I smoked, a friend offered me a Cuban cigar (Legal in Canada!)<\/em>. He only had two left. If I took one – and he did – there would be none left. So I politely refused and thanked him. That\u2019s when he got mad at me. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you,\u201d he said. \u201cWhy can\u2019t you give<\/strong> a little?\u201d \u201cBut I am giving\u201d I replied. \u201cI\u2019m refusing to take your last cigar, much as I\u2019d like it.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s exactly what I mean,\u201d he countered, \u201cBy refusing me the pleasure of giving, you take away from me. Anyone can buy cigars. Not many can enjoy sharing their last one with a friend. You give me that by taking it.\u201d Think of a child offering you something they made. Their increased <\/p>\n pleasure when you take<\/strong> it from them. Give by taking. ————————– These are related:<\/strong> # 71 <\/strong>Nice<\/a> <\/strong>– <\/strong>96 <\/strong>Habits<\/a> –<\/strong> <\/strong>109<\/strong> <\/strong>Understanding<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many years ago when I smoked, a friend offered me a Cuban cigar (Legal in Canada!). He only had two left. If I took one – and he did – there would be none left. So I politely refused and thanked him. That\u2019s when he got mad at me. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you,\u201d he said. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,28,41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-good-bad","7":"category-insight","8":"category-relationships","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}