Friday; December 8
One of the things I like most about this time of year is that people tend to look for more outward ways to help others. It’s not that people need more help this time of year, it is just that there is a special spirit of giving during the holiday season. It is easy to ponder this and be critical that we should be doing more throughout the year, but in all honesty, I’ll take what we can get. If our society is going to be more caring for one month out of the year – let’s savor it. One of the challenges of doing good for people is that they often make it harder for us to feel good about helping. If you give someone a $100.00 gift card, they wonder why someone else got more. If you give people a Christmas bonus, they complain it wasn’t as much as last year. If you ask someone for their wish list, we can be shocked or disappointed by what is on it. Each of these are common reactions, but let’s keep in mind that we get to control our spirit of giving. No, we don’t have to meet someone