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PaulTournier, noted physician and author, raises some pertinent points regarding gift giving:

“Gifts have many meanings, deep and subtle, both for those who give and those who receive. Do I give in order to make others happy…or in order to be appreciated by others? Gifts are given sometimes far more to flatter the pride of the giver than to bring happiness to the one who receives the gift. Many gifts are made in self-interest.”

I look again at Paul Tournier’s small 59 page book, The Meaning of Gifts. In countless ways of which we are rarely aware, the gifts we offer tell more about us than words can ever measure… Is it a gift of Love? Or an offering that trades, dominates, manipulates, destroys? What do your gifts say about you?

THE MEANING OF GIFTS. Hardback. No DJ. Paul Tournier. VG. Gift inscription inside. Translated from the German. 1972. 63 pp. $3.95

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Tournier has now graduated to Glory . . . but all his books are awesome. The little one THE MEANING OF GIFTS is full of his priceless insights.

Another, THE STRONG AND THE WEAK is also a great one.

"That is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible and autonomous beings who do not run away from life."
Paul Tournier

Another great Tournier book is:

To Understand Each Other -- by Paul Tournier; Paperback

The Meaning of Persons
by Paul Tournier (Hardcover - February 1999)
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The Whole Person in a Broken World
by Paul Tournier (Author) (Paperback)

Healing of Persons
by Paul Tournier

Guilt and Grace: A Psychological Study
by Paul Tournier 5 stars

Adventure of Living
by Paul Tournier

Strong and the Weak
by Paul Tournier
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 stars
Other Editions: Paperback

The Gift of Feeling
by Paul. Tournier

The Violence Within
by Paul Tournier
Other Editions: Paperback

Secrets
by Paul Tournier (Author) (Paperback)
Other Editions: Hardcover | Paperback

Escape from Loneliness.
by Paul Tournier
Other Editions: Paperback

To Resist or to Surrender?
by Paul Tournier
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Reflections : a Personal Guide for Life's Most Crucial Questions
by Paul Tournier

Are You Nobody?
by Paul Tournier

Many, maybe most are out of print but available through used book sources.

They are worth tracking down.