The Reason for the Season

Tis the season...Too often we get wrapped up in the daily hustle, focus on the economic ups and downs, and hear outlandish stories of pepper-spray-crazed shoppers wild with greed. For the most part, people are happy to donate, volunteer and do good during the holiday season. But just maybe if we all try our hardest to start each day with the goal to make someone else's a little better, we could make this feeling last year round. Here are some wise words of inspiration:

• How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.  ~Anne Frank
• I expect to pass through life but once.  If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.  ~William Penn
• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.  Happiness never decreases by being shared.  ~Buddha
• I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands.  You need to be able to throw something back.  ~Maya Angelou
• You must be the change you wish to see in the world.  ~Mahatma Ghandi (one of Jenn's favorite quotes)

Want to find a worthy cause to contribute your time, craft, love or money? Here's a great site to help you find the perfect fit: http://www.charitynavigator.org/