The appropriate gift to Him

Yes, it is true that God gave us His Son,
and so maybe we ought also to give gifts
--but what, and to whom? It is also true
that God gave us Himself, and the only
sensible response to that is to give
ourselves to Him. There is nothing else
that He wants from us, or, if there is
something, He can take it. Only I, my ego,
my heart, is truly mine to give or to
withhold--and is therefore the appropriate
gift to Him.
- Walt Whitman (1819-1892), Song of Myself,
in Leaves of Grass