I am like a kid at Christmas. As I've said already in an earlier entry, I love the lights, (and I have mine lit all day), the spirit of giving, the carols on the radio and the joy that most people feel at the holiday season. I even love visiting the malls and hearing the carols playing through the loud speaker system. But there are millions who fail to find the joy in the season because of their personal circumstances, circumstances that are unfortunate through no fault of their own. I watched on the nightly news this evening a wonderful story about a young[...]
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Christmas Cheer
0 I have been present in a number of settings recently where people groused rather than expressed gratitude for the holidays. The refrain, "I hate Christmas" is expressed every day by some one in my circle of associates. I can understand that for many the holidays dig up a lot of bad memories from childhood. Or perhaps bad marriages dig them up. But the past is just that. Past! To continue letting what happened "then" determine what we see and feel now, is like raiding the refrigerator for week-old left-overs rather than eating the freshly prepared meal tha[...]
I love the holidays. I love the lights, the parties, the multiplicity of meetings where gratitude is the topic. I love opening cards and sending messages to loved ones. I even love wandering the stores where Christmas music is playing. I don't buy a lot of gifts any more. And I have requested none. Giving to charities rather than giving gifts to friends and family members who really have need for little is a far better way to spread some cheer I think. I don't know about your town but in Naples the need is greater this year than ever before. More fa[...]
