Good for Goodness’ Sake
Give Back this Holiday
Do you remember the inspiration behind
Oprah Winfrey’s “Christmas Kindness South
Africa” in 2002?
yourself what an authentic — a REAL Christmas would mean to you?
She was 12 years old, and her mother told them
they didn’t have enough money for Christmas.
In Oprah’s words, “Just when I started to accept
there would not be a Christmas, three nuns
showed up at our house with gifts for all of us.
There was a turkey, a fruit basket, some games,
and for me they brought a doll.”
It’s Needed – Even in the U.S., you don’t have
to look far these days to see someone who
could use a hand up (as in hand to help up, not
a hand-out). But worldwide, well over half of
the population is without electricity or running
water. Makes the fight over a $2 waffle machine
seem pretty pointless, doesn’t it?
“I remember feeling that I mattered to those
nuns,