I have a friend who's giving holiday gifts differently.
For quite a while she’d been receiving the same ill-fitting sweaters from her siblings, tossing them into her ‘re-gifting’ area, and not until recently noticing these siblings were probably doing the same thing with her ‘more convenient than thoughtful’ gifts.
She decided this year would be different after hearing these words by poet David Whyte:
“Better to spend a long time sitting in our armchairs in silent contemplation of those we want to gift, looking for the imaginative doorway that says I know you and see you and this is how I give thanks for you, which may bring us to the perfect objet but also may bring us instead to write a short heartfelt message that acknowledges their place in our lives.”
Thoughtful.
Heartfelt.
Other-centered.
Is there a profound way to celebrate Christmas?
Is there a profound way to celebrate Christmas?
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