I think the value of a gift or sacrafice as you put it is held in the reciever's value of it, not the giver. The giver may not recognize the value of their gift and therefore not appreciate what they've done, but the reciever will still benefit and probably be grateful for what they have recieved, which is the point.
I see it the total other way. I think the value of a gift or sacrifice it totally defined by the giver and not the receiver. The value of it is not how it will be received, but how you, the giver, perceive it.
Like, on one hand, you have someone that will go out of their way for someone else. If you give some of your spare change to a beggar and you needed it for yourself for example. If you give some of your time to someone even though you could have used it on yourself. Even if the receiver doesn't appreciate it, it makes you generous and it is a valuable sacrifice.
On the other hand, if you drop some spare change to a beggar and he greatly appreciates it but you give it to him for some kind of stupid reason like because your pockets were too heavy from too much spare change or something. Or if you make a sacrifice because you want to impress someone else. Even if the receiver greatly appreciates it more than beggar number one did, do you think the second person was more generous and therefor the sacrifice is more valuable for the second giver than it was for the first giver?
But then, ask CB...I always see stuff in black or white. But yeah, I think the value of a gift or sacrifice is entirely defined by the giver. However it is received doesn't change the fact you tried.
Zoop Says
I see it the total other way. I think the value of a gift or sacrifice it totally defined by the giver and not the receiver. The value of it is not how it will be received, but how you, the giver, perceive it.
Like, on one hand, you have someone that will go out of their way for someone else. If you give some of your spare change to a beggar and you needed it for yourself for example. If you give some of your time to someone even though you could have used it on yourself. Even if the receiver doesn't appreciate it, it makes you generous and it is a valuable sacrifice.
On the other hand, if you drop some spare change to a beggar and he greatly appreciates it but you give it to him for some kind of stupid reason like because your pockets were too heavy from too much spare change or something. Or if you make a sacrifice because you want to impress someone else. Even if the receiver greatly appreciates it more than beggar number one did, do you think the second person was more generous and therefor the sacrifice is more valuable for the second giver than it was for the first giver?
But then, ask CB...I always see stuff in black or white. But yeah, I think the value of a gift or sacrifice is entirely defined by the giver. However it is received doesn't change the fact you tried.