Okay so not the most original wishes but sincerely delivered.
As I was thinking what to put here other than the 'I doubt I'll post anything until the New Year after today', I spotted a new post from Johnnie here (via Rob Paterson). It links to this blog, with a little story that somehow sums up what spiritually this time of year should mean, whether you celebrate Christmas or not, we should celebrate life.
Clearly the man has nothing, and barely exists. My colleague, who showed a particular kindness to this guy, mentioned to me that we are probably the only contact with reality this guy has, and that comment has stayed with me...Last week I overheard my colleague say “hey Albert, stop by the Wednesday before Christmas, and I will have a little something for you.” He (my colleague) picked up one of those little gift bags and bought a few things - gloves, a scarf, etc and put in in the bag for Albert to pick up...
The contents of the bag just grew and no one saw anyone putting anything in. Today, sitting in our board room were two 5 gallon bags of gifts for a guy that had nothing...
As time permitted each of us spent time sitting in the board room with Albert, as he went through his gifts with a joy in his eyes that I have only seen in kids at Christmas...
I hope over the next two weeks you have the experience of feeling how I felt reading this.
See you in 2005...
Posted by Paul Goodison at December 23, 2004 04:01 PM | TrackBack