Page 16 2013 Home for the Holidays Special edition of LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com
Need a little spirit lift this season?
A
re you looking for more happy, merry and joy
to put into your “Happy Holidays,” “Merry
Christmas” and “Joy to the World”?
For some people, this season can be particularly
difficult. Yet, if you are standing at the right time
and in the right space, you will notice other people
moving with a spring in their step and a gleam in
their eye, reveling in the holiday season. You will
see them greeting perfect strangers with hale mes-
sages of goodwill as though they were dear friends
and family.
These happy people hold a key to wealth beyond
earthly riches. They carry something inside that we
can all share in, if we open ourselves up for it.
What is their secret?
If you would stop these people and ask the right
questions, you would find that what most of them
share is an attitude of gratefulness. They are not
thinking about what they don’t have. That’s not to
say that they lack wants or wishes, but they appre-
ciate what they have already, and gratitude is more
at the center of their being.
Another measure that lifts the spirit is when you
look to the needs of others.
The scope of giving is broad. It might be money
or gifts, or it might be as simple as being present
when someone needs somebody just to be there.
It can be in the form of your talents or your labor.
But, whatever it is, it should be what you can and
want to do.
A poll of those working in the LDN newsroom
pretty much hit all aspects of how to give to oth-
ers. You may not know the people who work for
LDN, but they are a great bunch. They appreciate
and enjoy working with one another. They are an
industrious lot and love the work they do. And,
they clearly care for others outside their home and
their workplace.
To avoid embarrassing anyone, below is a mixed-
up compilation from the actual responses to a
couple of questions about who or how our staff
say they like to help and what charities they like to
donate to, particularly around the holiday time:
“Holidays are sharing a hug, smile and giving
someone encouraging words. It’s about taking our
eyes off of us and looking for the need.”
“We do what we can when we can. And, we try to
spread it out throughout the year, not just at Christ-
mas time.”
