JIM CAIN
GOOD MORNING!
Did you get what you wanted for Christmas? Was it the right size, the right color? Sadly, the only thing that rivals the madness of Christmas gift shopping is the madness of Christmas gift returning.
When the relationship is right, how right the gift itself becomes. My mother has a storage locker filled with things she no longer needs or never wanted. Once when sent to deposit something there, I discovered sever framed prints and paintings that had never been hung on her walls. Yet, her refrigerator is covered with finger paintings and scribbled drawings by her grandchildren, put there for the entire world to see.
These gifts are an expression of unselfish love, given freely with nothing expected in return. But can we say the same for the gifts we gave this year. How often do we use the cost of the gift as a substitute for time and attention that was not offered earlier?
If the gifts you gave and received this year didn’t feel just right, let me encourage you to spend all this upcoming year working on them. Spend time strengthening old relationships and forging new ones.
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