The Giving Season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. There is magic, kindness, a lightness in the air, that signature Christmas feeling. A feeling that we can so easily capture as kids but the older I get, the more I struggle to find the magic in the season. Holding onto that feeling is a challenge. One day you have it and the next day it is gone. My suspicion is that most of us have trouble finding the magic in the season or having an interest in the season at all. In this thought journey, I want to explore the reasons why I think the collective group of us can’t enjoy the most wonderful time of the year as we should. Let’s explore. There are many classic Christmas tales that we look forward to every year. The two I will focus on for the purpose of this discussion are the Scrooge, and the Grinch. The Scrooge shows us that focusing on work, material and monetary gains and ultimately greed, do nothing but steal your joy, allow loneliness ...