Illusory Advice: It’s your birthday and I’ll cry if I want to

"When a friend has a birthday you wrap their present as neatly as you can, knowing that the paper is going to be ripped off – but somehow this is better than giving the present in an old paper bag. But then, why give a present anyway? Why send a card? The card, the present, and the care that you have taken over them, are symbolic of your regard for the recipient and of your good wishes. It is communicative."

p91, Illusory Advice, Ngakma Nor'dzin & Ngakpa 'ö-Dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2016, 978-1-898185-37-6

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