Finding Unique Birthday Gifts
By Mike Hamilton, Fri Dec 9th

Finding Unique Gifts

Finding a unique gift can be one of the mostchallenging, frustrating and rewarding things you will ever do.When your loved one’s eyes light up with that expression thattells you “I never even knew I wanted this but now I wouldn’ttrade it for all the money in the world.”

If you haven’t had that experience then it is hard to put intowords how wonderful it makes you feel. If you approach it as achore or something you need to do then you will never find theperfect and unique gift.

One mistake that a lot of people make is trying to find a uniquegift and then deciding if it is something the person will like.This sometimes ends up being akin to trying to fit a round pegin a square hole.

Think about what you are celebrating then find something thathonors that celebration. If you are celebrating the friendshipyou share with that person then shop with that in mind. Thinkabout the things you have shared with each other.

If you have been on fishing

trips together then contemplatethose trips and what made them enjoyable. If it is simply thequite times sharing ideas and thoughts over coffee then letthose memories come flooding back.

The best gifts are the most personal. What makes the gift uniqueis the uniqueness of the person you are shopping for and not thegift itself.

If this method of choosing a gift seems like it takes moreeffort then it seems it is worth then maybe the problem is thatyou need to examine why you are concerned that you find aperfect and unique present.

If the motive is that you really want them to open it and justshare the joy they are going to feel then it should be a prettyeasy exercise. If the motive is what you can get out of itbesides joy then it is a chore that is could very well be amongthe toughest you have ever tackled.

Ralph Parlette, the author of “The University of Hard Knocks”,is quoted as saying, “Real birthdays are not annual affairs.Real birthdays are the days when we have a new birth.”

The wise words of Parlette say what I am saying much moreeloquently than I can. If you choose to celebrate the birth ofyour relationship in addition to the annual affair you will findthat you have taken the first and most important step in findinga the perfect and unique gift.

Make the day, a day that you share in and are a part of and youwill find that the search will be much easier. Become aparticipant, not a spectator and your search is just about overand a fruitful search it will be.

At our website we offer a mini-website for honoring birthdayswhere you can post pictures, poems, or memories. After allmemories are what they are celebrating, shouldn’t that be yourcelebration as well.

About the author:Mike Hamilton is a co-owner of www.itsurbirthday.comand has been writing about birthdays for over 20 years.