Just in Time for the Season of Giving
Here I am on this chilly morning shivering slightly while sipping a nice, warm mug of what Chonda Pierce refers to as "Pentecostal Whiskey." (Uh, that would be coffee, of course.) The temperature outside has got to be hovering somewhere between the thirties and the forties, and I'm running my heater full blast. Thank God for space heaters.
I can hear you Yankees snickering from here, but that's cold for us. The weather forecasters are even spreading rumors of snow. We can hardly wait. There hasn't been a white Christmas in southeast Texas since before I was born.
Odd coincidence happened to me this morning. I gathered the quotes below for you last night, planning on posting them this morning. Before I had a chance, Dimple called with a tragic story; and poverty, for the first time in my life, reached out and punched me in the face. You hear about it, but it doesn't become real until you find out someone you know is living in the very depths of it. Dimples and I will be heading to the mall today after work, along with Blonde Moment, who opened her heart and wallet the minute I told her the story. I'm so thrilled to get a chance to really do something for a family that could use a little Christ in their Christmas this year.
I hope each of you will find a way to give this Christmas season, even if you don't do more than stuff a few extra dollars in the Salvation Army kettles outside of Super Wal-mart. To inspire you, here are the quotes I found last night:
"Success is not measured by what you get but rather by what you give."
--Mitzi Perdue
"Takers ultimately lose, but givers win forever. This is a rule the universe never breaks."
--Douglas M. Lawson
And just in case you really don't think you have much to give:
"We are all of us richer than we think we are."
--Michael Eyquem de Montaigne
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