The Greatest Gift You Ever Give Is

I Wonder If We Might Pledge Ourselves To Remember What Life Is Really All About—not To Be Afraid That We're Less Flashy Than The Next, Not To Worry That Our Influence Is Not That Of A Tornado, But Rather That Of A Grain Of Sand In An Oyster! Do We Have That Kind Of Patience?

Children Long To Know That They Are Lovable. And There Are Ways That Technology Can Help With That. But Ultimately It's Their Relationships With Their Parents, Their Grandparents, Their Peers, And Their Teachers That Help Them To Know That For Sure. A Child Can Learn The Word "hug" And The Letters H-u-g Through A Computer, But A Computer Can Never Give The Child A Hug.

As Human Beings, Our Job In Life Is To Help People Realize How Rare And Valuable Each One Of Us Really Is, That Each Of Us Has Something That No One Else Has-or Ever Will Have-something Inside That Is Unique To All Time.

When I Was A Boy And I Would See Scary Things In The News, My Mother Would Say To Me, "look For The Helpers. You Will Always Find People Who Are Helping." To This Day, Especially In Times Of "disaster," I Remember My Mother's Words And I Am Always Comforted By Realizing That There Are Still So Many Helpers – So Many Caring People In This World.

If The Grain Of Wheat Could Know Fear, It Would Be Paralyzed With Anxiety At The Thought Of Being Dropped In The Ground, Covered Over, Put Out Of Sight, Doomed To Inactivity, Yet What A Glorious Harvest Awaits It!