From: daniel (daniel@ahdc.com)
Date: Thu Dec 21 2000 - 08:58:30 EST
Reply to: RE: WATPA: Re: Happy Holiday!
Lawrence -- spare us! This is WATPA, not the Christian Coalition!
imageart wrote:
>To My Friends...
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>This time of year is genuinely special and unique...in the truest sense >of the word. Because of the birth of the Christ Child some 2000 years >ago, our predecessors established a special day to remember the >essential meaning of that miraculous and loving act.
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>Most of us understand the spirit of the time, the spirit that motivates >us to follow that example ... to give something of ourselves to others >to express our caring and love. We learn from this that giving is the >key to the most fundamental of human virtues, loving our neighbor. >Charity is indeed the greatest of the virtues because it follows the >greatest example we have ever known and because it has the most profound >and real effect on ourselves.
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>Although, through the ever present media, the predominant message we are >bombarded with is commercial, and as such confusing and a diversion from >the true meaning of the time, there is still that mysterious effect of >"feeling good" by giving of ourselves and seeing, just for a moment, >that happy look on the face of someone we care about when they open our >present to them and realize that someone cared for them. If we are open >to it, that feeling and the memory of it can motivate us and help us >navigate through many of life's problems. It truly is miraculous.
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>Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah or any of a dozen other >holidays, or none at all, I do want you to know that I am grateful for >your existence. What I wish for you is that it becomes possible for you >to remove all the political and commercial messages of the day and >remember just this one personal message, which I hope is in the spirit >of the original. Someone does care for you!
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>Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah my friend! Feel Good! >Enjoy all the sights and sounds of the day! Let this new year, the true >Millennium, be one of peace and good will. May all your needs be met and >your path smooth. Let your life be filled with generous excitement and >variety! And in your quiet moments, may your thoughts drift to the >original giver on this occasion, and may your heart be filled with the >miracle of the moment.
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>Lawrence Karabaic and family
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