Giving as an affirmation of our strength

Giving is the highest expression of potency

I've been thinking a lot about what "value" means lately. What does it to mean to provide value? To be of value? Is it static? In what forms does it manifest?

I don't have any concrete answers yet, but this quote from The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm seems like a good thread to pull:

For the productive character, giving has an entirely different meaning. Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous. Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.