Day 363: Are You Willing…

Corinthians 9:15
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”
 
“Are you willing…
 
To stoop down and consider the needs
and desires of little children;
 
To remember the weaknesses and loneliness
of people who are growing old;
 
To stop asking how much your friends love you,
and to ask yourself if you love them enough;
 
To bear in mind the things that other people
have to bear on their hearts;
 
To trim your lamp so that it will give more light
and less smoke,
and to carry it in front so that your shadow
will fall behind you;
 
To make a grave for your ugly thoughts
and a garden for your kindly feelings,
with the gate open?
 
Are you willing to do these things for a day?
 
Then you are ready to keep Christmas!
 
After all, Christmas-living is the best kind of
Christmas-giving.”
 
― by Henry Van Dyke