Please share your toys

As a young boy, i admit i might have been slightly greedy with my things. Like the typical last child
" He always gets what he wants and no has never existed inside his vocabulary"
I remember those days when i used to literally make all my toys 'magically disappear' when my cousins or nephews came to visit.

" Play Station ? mana i ada (when i actually did and it was actually under the table), i datang rumah you je baru main "

"oh okay, nanti kita main dekat rumah aku"

"okay ! "

*does the cheekiest fat kid smile you could think of. imagine how a fat boy would feel when he's falling into an ocean of vanilla ice cream. THAT CHEEKY !

So yeah, i wasn't really good with sharing things.

But you know, 10+ years on, i realized now what it really means to share your toys

Lets take the example of toy story 3


(spoilers, if you haven't watched it. Go Watch it Now !! )

So in the final scene, through all the troubles the toys go through to stay in touch with Andy. Eventually, Andy painfully but willingly donates his toys to this young girl.

Now take a step back and think for a minute
Would I in my life donate my favorite toys to some girl who i honestly don't know and honestly have no idea how she would take care of my toys. She could as well be the meanest girl in the neighborhood and bite of the heads of all my beloved toys ?

But then again,
we have to consider Andy's age. Andy in the 3rd movie is already an adult. He is already going to college. He has already matured as a man and has developed concrete thinking and decision making skills. Would he still require Woody, Buzz and Jessie ?

Would it be fair if Andy had kept the toys and took away the rights of that girl to learn from these toys ?

These toys had served Andy well by giving him happiness,hope and dreams. Since Andy already has all these things with him, why must he keep the toys when other children might need it more than him so that they too would also develop their hope, happiness and dreams.

Friends are like toys. We play, laugh and learn with them. They are our closest companions, the ice to our cream and the chocolate to our chip. They make our hearts shine and our minds open. They gives us hope when Barney has gone home or when Cookie Monster has gone back into his trash bin.However, we must always remember to share the gifts we have. We must give other children the same opportunities we had so that they too will become happy,hopeful and full of dreams.

It is by sharing, that we truly can learn more about ourselves and of others too.

So that is why i believe that:

We must share our toys for the benefit of others and ourselves

Even when it hurts