Christmas gift suggestions:

[bobbolink]

To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.
- Oren Arnold
American editor and free-lance writer (1900-1980)

[Bluerthanblue]

1. thanks Bobbolink..

I really like this quote.

I'd add mercy and compassion to that- for everyone... including/especially ourselves.

:hug:
blu~

[bobbolink]

4. Wonderful additions! Mahalo!

Yes, especially for ourselves.... some of us homeless people are thinking a lot about this right now... the need for R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

And claiming it for ourselves.

:hug:

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, bobbolink and Merry Christmas.:thumbsup: :hi:

[bobbolink]

6. Mele Kalikimaka, Uncle Joe!

May we find a few more of these qualities under the DU tree this coming year!

:hug:

[OneGrassRoot]

3. I love this. What a gift this is....

as are you, bobbolink.

:hug:

K&R with gratitude

[bobbolink]

5. Thank you for that gift of kindness!

I've thought for a lot of years now that many years ago (think Waltons), there was a time when people received gifts as....gifts. When anything they got was valued, because life was a struggle.

Now there is so much affluence that it has gone over the ridiculous meter. What we are most in need of is the gifts the author listed.

:hug:

[OneGrassRoot]

7. I couldn't agree more....

I don't participate in the holiday gift craziness, thank goodness. THAT in and of itself is a gift to ME!

A genuine smile and a heartfelt hug can go a long, long way. It's a start, at least.

Ah, a dear friend posted a blog entry that pertains to this. You may appreciate it as well. :)

I've often said that perhaps the most profound gift I can give another is to believe in them when they no longer believe in themselves.

This post conveys this sentiment nicely.

More warm hugs sent your way!!!

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[bobbolink]

12. The Most Profound Gift

"I've often said that perhaps the most profound gift I can give another is to believe in them when they no longer believe in themselves."

That is a profound insight!

We homeless people are pounded down at every opportunity, from all directions, and most of us end up with very little sense of self left. Just seeing how seldom poverty and homelessness is taken seriously pounds us down. Being told we are worth something is, indeed, a profound gift!

It's sad that it is a gift so seldom given.

I thank you for this gift. :hug: :yourock: :hug:

[AwakeAtLast]

8. What great sentiments!

BTW, I may have to write that down on a card an keep it in my wallet. It would double as an excellent toast!

Cheers! :toast:

[bobbolink]

13. An excellent toast, indeed!

Thanks for the suggestion.... I *WILL* keep a copy of this with me.... maybe a bunch of 'em to hand out...

:toast:

[woo me with science]

9. Thank you, thank you, thank you. nt

[asdjrocky]

10. That's a big rec.

Like every single part of that.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

11. "Hello, you have reached the enemy forgiveness call center."

To forgive an enemy, press 1.
If you are someone's enemy and you would like to be forgiven, press 2.
If someone has offered you forgiveness and you would like to accept it, press 3.
If you would like to deny an offer of forgiveness, press 4.
To review your previous transactions, press 5.
If you owe someone money, press 6 to be transferred to our monetary recompense center.
To speak to an operator, press 7.