gifts

Hey, 'Tis the season!

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 8:00am

Ya know, it's xmas and all that, so I got to thinking "I bet Johnnie could use a little xmas present this year, so I ought to send him a few xtra bux. And, I thought that it might be a good time not to use pay pal. Maybe I should do one of the other options up there, ya know, so I can experience that experience.

The Weekly Watch

Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 12/24/2017 - 8:33am

Gifts and giving

When we get there we'll discover all the gifts we've been given to share
have been with us since life's beginning and we never noticed they were there.

From Swimming to the Other Side · Pat Humphries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpvwXEHD2Bc (4 min)

It is a gift to recognize gifts...in yourself, in others, in our world. I hope that, like me, you see this site, this community, as a gift. A gift to free expression, an opportunity for honest fact based conversation, a forum for learning, and basically a nice group of folks trying to understand an insane world.

Those that use their talents to help others, they are the saints and angels among us. They are the ones that give rise to myths of Santa Claus, Saint Wenceslas, and the like. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_King_Wenceslas ) But there are people who 'guide from the side' without much interjection. Consider JtC and his approach to running C99... with one of his rare essays recently urging us toward more meaningful, kinder conversation and interaction. You are a gift, Brother. Those who have the where with all might consider sending JtC (and the C99 site) a holiday gift. Mine is in the mail (really it is). Regardless of our abilities to make financial donations, let's all drink a cup of kindness together for the holidays and into the New Year.