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A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
-Arab proverb
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Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find it out.
Frank A. Clark
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I hesitate to write this post at the peak of greeting card season, but it’ll be less relevant come January 1st.
I’m as tech obsessed as the next member of Gen Y, but I’m disappointed in the sharp decline of holiday appropriate stationery greetings.
I sent out about 45 Holiday cards this year. If I get 5 back from non-family members, I’ll be surprised. What I do expect is a massive influx of text messages on Christmas day sending out well wishes to all with a cell phone number, and likely a barrage of festive greetings as FaceBook status messages.
It’s just not the same.
There’s something inherently thoughtful about written holiday greetings. Someone has to take the time to pick out cards that fit his or her own personality before writing out cards and labeling envelopes. It’s personal.
A text message is a perfunctory last minute missive. I hate to get all Martha Stewart on the world, but a text message is not a greeting card.
If the $25-$30 a holiday mailing costs is too much, you’ve got a few options.
A) Plan ahead. The day after Christmas the price of all holiday cards are slashed in half, by mid-January they’re 75% off to get them off the shelves. You can be ready for Christmas 2009 for under $10.
B) Try an e-greeting card. There are lots of free options out there ( I tend to use Hallmark for greetings to people that don’t have a mailing address for.) Though not as personal as an actual paper greeting, it does offer the option of picking a card that reflects your interests. The more ambitious can personalize the card for each recipient, the less so can send a generic greeting out to everyone they know.
Given we spend so much time sending impersonal emails and text messages, leaving voicemails and generally minimizing personal interaction to streamline our work, the holidays are a perfect time to reconnect.
Send a few cards this month. . . and for birthdays; thoughtfulness at birthdays would be nice too.
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Success
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
image by mindfulness
If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn’t it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?
– Gloria Steinem
Greetings readers,
My blogging is also going to be linked over at the Young Professional Blog Aggregator. Right now it’s a short list of bloggers, including some from Brazen Careerist and others that creator Alex Fisher knows.
Over time it could be a one stop shop for Gen Y worker bee blogging headlines and trendlines.
If you’d like to be considered for aggregation, apply here.
photo by higashitori
From The Star Ledger:
Special education teacher in Springfield, Ellen Frances Bruno, 48, died on Nov. 20, 2008, in Overlook Hospital. Relatives and friends are invited to visit on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home, 582 Springfield Ave., Westfield. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Spirit R.C. Church, Morris Ave., Union. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. Born in Elizabeth, Mrs. Bruno resided in Springfield. She attended Kean University, where she completed both her undergraduate and master’s degrees. She was a devoted and much loved special education teacher with the Springfield Board of Education, where she received the Teacher of the Year award in 2002 from the Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School. Ellen loved gardening, reading, cooking, and always had time for her family and friends. She was predeceased by her sister, Victoria Ryan, and is survived by her loving husband, Joseph; the joys of her life, daughters, Melisa McKinnon, with her husband, David, and Victoria Bruno; also surviving are her brothers, James and Tim Ryan, and her sister, Carol Hauschild. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory to the Center for Hope Hospice, 1900 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains, N.J. 07076 or the Community Food Bank of N.J., 31 Evans Terminal, Hillside, N.J. 07205 would be appreciated.
photo by Hamed Masoumi
“We accept the love that we think we deserve.”
–Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I realize this picture has little to do with anything of meaning, but it’s Friday, and the pic makes me smile every time I look at it. Can you imagine sewing a tiny teddy bear fit for a rat?
I have no clue as to its origins, or I’d credit the photographer. Peace out!
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