There was a time when I felt the season of giving was simply
a common courtesy to receive and provide our significant others with material
gifts.
I now understand more clearly that this special season is
for heartfelt acts of gratitude for having people in our lives.
Keeping the true spirit of giving close to heart enables us
to give from the heart all year-round.
The yuletide season should be a time when our love comes to
call because that love gives this time of year its true meaning.
I have found over the years that it's not the material gifts
that count in life, but rather it's the unrecognized, undetected, and
unremembered acts of loving-kindness that are our greatest gifts and
achievements in life.
If we truly want to see a world of loving and joyous people,
we must be loving and joyful toward the people in our own lives.
That potential is part of our humanity. When we reach out
and touch others, we touch a part of the humanity within us. When we enhance
the life of another in need, we enhance our own lives.
Objects gifts wrapped in shiny paper can be forgotten over
time, but kindness whispered to those in need will echo endlessly throughout
the community. Those small acts of kindness resonate with the giver and the
receiver because they are gifts from the heart. Such priceless gifts can never
be measured monetarily, though, because how can you put a price on love?
From my heart to yours, I would like to wish all of you a
very merry and joyous holiday season …… 🦅
Always with love from Suzhou, China
Thomas F O'Neill
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