Expression

It is a good feeling to be a benefactor; to be the giver in a relationship has its certain kind of joy. Recipients are more passive. It is much easier to receive love or help and takes little work. But to give takes value out of one's life and the satisfaction level is higher. There isn't the dependency either and so an element of freedom exists for a benefactor, since choice is involved. You can't make a person give and so dependency has uncertainties. Being on the giving side also has a higher element of love.

Bitter people try to characterize others as being greedy since they want the satisfaction and honor of being the benefactor. But in actuality, if a person isn't a giver with the little they have, they won't be that way with more. To be in the habit of grasping shows bad character no matter what amount of resources one has. It takes motivation and activity to accomplish the things that bring satisfaction. Passivity runs contrary to our nature of creativity.

We can dream about the future and reminisce about the past, but the activities in the present are where our passions are expressed. A poet will write to bring thoughts where they can be enjoyed and he will dote on them like children. We all have things that we enjoy and it takes activity to bring them out. An artist creates and loves what he creates but the created thing can't appreciate them back. This occurs with a beneficiary and a benefactor. Giving isn't always appreciated but the action of love is self satisfying.

Giving that is done to gain some sort of advantage isn't as noble. Supplies always get used up and they don't make memories. We have a stronger desire for useful things but soon forget them. Noble acts committed  for expression instead of usefulness are the things that give us lasting pleasure. A musician can enjoy his music and play for the joy of it but trying to make money with it can turn it into drudgery.

Good things don't come easy. We feel obligated to take care of necessities; pressing needs can take up all of our time. But they don't bring as high amount of satisfaction as when we do the things we do as an expression of ourselves. Someone who gives to get advantage (even if it is to please God) doesn't enjoy life as much as a person who gives simply because he enjoys helping others..