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They say ‘Sharing is caring’. When I was a little kid, I had very unique views about sharing. The kids in my class took home whatever caught their fancy – rubber, scale, pencils etc. before I had a chance to share anything with them. Soon I started hiding away my stationary from any little prying eyes. Not sharing was caring for yourself, looking out for yourself.
As I reached middle school, began the concept of sharing your notebooks and workbooks. But this carried a risk of the borrower losing your book or in the best case scenario returning it in a much more soiled condition than it was before. Soon I realised you share, you lose.
But as I reached my college, sharing became the bane of our existence. Sharing notes, assignments, last year’s question papers, knowledge and rumours. I am not sure what exactly drove the need to share everything you had with your friends including each other’s secrets but sharing was trendy!
Once I began my professional career, sharing meant something different. Working meant earning which meant I could now share my money. Working as a team meant sharing my work. Sharing was sharing your resources to ensure a bit of equality.
Starting my website Taagung meant I could share my and others knowledge, opinions and ideas. Sharing now meant sharing abstract entities.
Then I joined Toastmasters and I learnt sharing meant a lot of things. As people of the same club you share your greetings and smiles. As evaluators you share your opinions. As a toastmaster you share your experiences and stories. As friends you share memories. This Diwali we went to an old age home in Byculla – we shared our time and they shared their smiles.
Sharing is about giving and receiving. Because when you share, you receive much more back in return – beautiful smiles, friendships, knowledge, ideas, and memories. Sharing is caring but it is caring about yourself because trust me you are the biggest beneficiary in this trade.