A Hundred Times Over

Hassan said to Amir, "For you a hundred times over."

And then, many remorseful years later, Amir said to Hassan's son, Sohrab instead;

For you a hundred times over.


It's also like the story of the giving tree.


And that's how human relationships are.

Do you have someone to love over and over again? No matter how ridiculous your sense of logic tells you that is. Or is there someone out there who keeps on giving and giving for your sake? Yet there is something we do not give, and that is up. We don't give up.

I know what that is like.

A family. Or a friend.

What we give may not be perfect (in fact, it never is) and sometimes it becomes so laborious to keep giving.

But please keep giving. And please keep receiving gracefully from those who love you. That's what we were meant for. Loving and giving, for through it we receive the greatest gift of all; Christ himself who is the ultimate lover.

As St Francis puts it, it is in giving that we receive.

So Happy Giving.

And remember, from the very bottom of my heart..

For you a hundred times over.