2023年3月inHIM系列｜给予 Giving
如果有人問：「你希望得到什麼？」 你的回答是什麼？如果問題變成：「你有什麼可以給出去？」 你的回答又是什麼？你是否和大多數人一樣，第一個問題的答案數量遠超過第二個？
If someone were to ask you the question, "What do you want?" What is your answer? And suppose the question were to become: "What do you have to give?" What then is your answer? Are you like most people, where you find yourself with more responses to the first question than the second?
這個月，想聊聊給予。很喜歡給予的其中一個解釋：「使別人得到...」，給予一定有一個對象，這個人可能是你的另一半，你的孩子，你的父母，你的同事/朋友......給予時間，給予陪伴，給予金錢，給予勞動......
This month’s focus is on "Giving". A definition of giving that we particularly like says, "To make others receive…" In order to be giving or to give something, there must also be a receiver, this receiver may be your significant other, your child, your parents, your colleagues or friends. To give time, to give yourself in a relationship or friendship, to give money, to give or put in hard work.
常常聽到有人說，我付出那麼多，卻沒有回報。這樣看來，「付出」和「給予」之間還是有些微妙的區別。我們更習慣於將「付出」視為帶有個人期待的主觀感受，常常不見得對方能夠理解這份付出；「給予」同樣帶有主觀思想，不同的是，「給予」不帶任何期待，甘心樂意地給，不求自己的益處，內心富足充實之余，仍願意分享。
People often say, "I paid or invested so much into this __, but got nothing in return!" However, if we really think about it, there is a difference between "paying" and "giving". When we use words like "paying" or "investing", there is a sense of expectancy in return. All at the same time, others may be indifferent or it is unknown as to the amount that you have poured into that something. Giving, on the other hand, suggests a more selfless approach without the expectancy and when we give, we ought to give willingly out of the abundance of our hearts.
一直以來，很喜歡一句話：「施比受更為有福」,「施」是施出去，減少；「受」是接受進來，是增加的意思。你給予的陪伴，收穫的或許是與另一半及孩子的親密關係；你給予的時間，收穫的或許是經驗與熟練；你給予別人的幫助，收穫的或許是愛人的能力…
"It is more blessed to give than to receive." is a favorite quote of ours. When we "give", there is a subtraction from what we originally had materially or otherwise. When we "receive", an addition is made to us. The companionship you give may result in an intimate relationship with your partner or children; the time you give may cultivate your experience and proficiency; the help you give others may cultivate the ability to love…
願你成為一個內心富足的人，付出不是成為你的捆綁，而是享受給予的自由，因為，施比受更為有福。願你每次的給予都引導你的內心走向富足
May you become a person with a truly abundant heart. May giving not be a burden that hinders you, but rather, enables you to fully experience joy and freedom in life, because it is more blessed to give than to receive. In your giving, may you experience a greater abundance in your heart.
3月，inHIM推出「給予Giving」系列，願你真正領略「施比受更為有福」的秘訣，所有的「施」之所以能夠發生，只因為它同時也是「受」。
In March, inHIM launched the "Giving" collection. May you truly appreciate the secret of the wise saying, 「It is more blessed to give than to receive". May you discover the reason as to how and why all "giving" can happen is because it is also “receiving".
