what is better - to give or to take?
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"It is more blessed to give than to receive" -- Jesus (Acts 20:35).
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Use the Wish-o-Matic...it will help you decide.
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It's more enjoyable, that's for sure. I'd rather see the joy on my nieces' and nephews' faces when I give them things than just about anything in the world.\n\nThe "blessed" stuff - well, I'm not sure that's important. One should give because it helps people and makes them happy, not because of the promise of some future heavenly reward.
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Your question is phrased incorrectly. It should be: Which is better?
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Both!!\nDepends on the situation, my character and my mood.\nI am a giving person, buy often I am very selfish with my time.
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As someone who is in the healthcare field, I don't feel it is particularly ethical to accept gifts from patients.  However, there are things to consider when refusing--how it will affect the patient, whether it will hurt their feelings.  It is also equally important to ask what the motivation behind the gift is--are they attempting to buy better care for a family member or themselves?  Do they think they can "win you over" and bribe you into spending more time with them?  In some cases it is better to refuse.  If a patient is insistent upon giving a gift, you could always advise him to donate flowers to sick patients.  \n\nThis is what the American Association of Medicine has to say about accepting gifts from patients.  It is in reference to doctors and patients, but can also be applied to nurses and patients:\n\nGifts that patients offer to physicians are often an expression of appreciation and gratitude or a reflection of cultural tradition, and can enhance the patient-physician relationship. \n\nSome gifts signal psychological needs that require the physician’s attention. Some patients may attempt to influence care or to secure preferential treatment through the offering of gifts or cash. Acceptance of such gifts is likely to damage the integrity of the patient-physician relationship. Physicians should make clear that gifts given to secure preferential treatment compromise their obligation to provide services in a fair manner. \n\nThere are no definitive rules to determine when a physician should or should not accept a gift. No fixed value determines the appropriateness or inappropriateness of a gift from a patient; however, the gift’s value relative to the patient’s or the physician’s means should not be disproportionately or inappropriately large. One criterion is whether the physician would be comfortable if acceptance of the gift were known to colleagues or the public. \n\nPhysicians should be cautious if patients discuss gifts in the context of a will. Such discussions must not influence the patient’s medical care.
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Give that to Tom and me.\n\nYou can always figure these out by saying "Give that to Tom" and "Give that to me".  You wouldn't say "Give that to I".
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You should use both. The more information you have at your disposal the better.
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To give or not to give is up to the country.
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Neither.  Save the money.  Drink water and walk.  Then you will have money and health.
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Give what you can.  If it's only a card or small gift, so be it.  It's not about giving gifts, it's about giving of yourself.
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I would say both.  Things don't get worse without some things getting better.
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100,000-150,000\n\n...give or take one or two...\n\n//
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It's a give or take...or in this case a +/ -.
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before is better, when trying to have a child.\n\nAfter is better, mostly for pleasure.
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she said provide which mean contribute to or give...sounds clear to me..\n\nThen why are you confusing us with your wording of her question. Copy and paste is all it takes to keep from confusing people..one word can change an entier sentence
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go for the one that is more respectful