Abundance

This is the season when bargain hunters are out in force.  I'd like you to consider something:  come from your place of abundance.

When we were children, people would ask my sister and I what we wanted for Christmas.  As adults, we pretty much acquire what we'd like when we want it, so this year I'm suggesting people consider what they have - don't give more "stuff".  "Stuff" is what people will need to rent a storage locker for when it won't fit in their home or when they cannot regift it. Here's some suggestions:

-Give people an experience - take them to a show, a museum, the zoo.  The memories will be cherished
-Do a project together (as a couple, a family, a group of friends).  Help a church, an animal shelter, a soup kitchen - they all need your help
-Give to people who don't have anything
-Teach a child or an adult to read or to use the computer - knowledge is power

Any of these things will give you happiness beyond measure.  That's the true spirit of the Winter Holidays.