gifts are something you get for free, not something you have to work for, and for almost a lifetime.

[Darkover]

A gift is not something that is forced. Gifts can be returned or passed up. And gifts usually don't end in death.

A gift you receive for free, and you can choose to enjoy it or ignore it, but it is unlikely that gifts will harm the person who receives them. Life, on the other hand, is not something you get for free, you have to work hard for it non-stop

To enjoy life you have to work hard. And unlike gifts, if you ignore life very quickly you suffer from hunger, thirst, pain, heat, cold, boredom, frustration, loneliness, etc.

 

[EyesOfNight]

Life itself is free. Maintaining life and making it enjoyable isn't.

 

[FuneralCry]

To have the ability to exist isn't a "gift", it's a hellish and harmful imposition. It's so horrific how humans procreate even know nobody can suffer from never existing at all with there being no need for existence anyway, to exist is an undeserved punishment, more than anything I wish I never existed, it's better to stay permanently unaware.