It is almost Christmas!
For most, it is a time for family, friends, and food. It is a time
for people to go shopping and fight traffic, come home and
complain....then wrap presents and reminisce about the Christmases
past. It's a time to build memories with your children, decorate
your family tree, and untangle 600 ft. of Christmas lights. It is a
time where even the complaining is part of the good stuff that we
love to hate about Christmas.
The sad but oh so true
part is that while you are enjoying the good and bad of Christmas,
there are millions of people here in the United States that wish it
wasn't even a holiday. To them it is just a reminder of what they
don't have. It reminds them that they aren't able to buy their
children anything. It reminds some that they have no one to share it
with anymore. It brings back memories of when they had a home where
their children would wake up to presents under a tree and stockings
with candy. To some it reminds them of when they were off in another
country and shared memories with their buddies, Buddies that never
made it back.
So! While you are sitting
at home thinking of the past or present Christmases. While you are
out buying decorations or presents. When you gaze at your Christmas
tree and your kids. PLEASE! I beg of you as a human, stop and give
a prayer for those who need a prayer (You don't have to be
religious...The prayer is for someone else) Stop and buy a gift for
someone who will not get a gift if you don't! Call a Church, a
Charity, a Veteran organization, and ask what you can do to help
during the holidays. If you have children, please make them a part
of it too! Pass the good around. Again, I am BEGGING you to do one
simple act of Christmas generosity for someone, anyone. If you are
single and have nothing to do...Visit a hospital, a VA hospital, or a
Nursing home. They would love it and it may be their last Christmas
memory! Wouldn't that be nice!
I hope you read this. If
you have read this far, I wish you and yours a very Blessed
Christmas. May God watch over you and those you know! Thank you
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