<div dir="ltr">Thank you Allan, a great reminder of the real meaning of Christmas!<div><br></div><div>Peace to you and your family and all the world in 2023<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2">Greg</font></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 8:37 PM Allan Baker via craic <<a href="mailto:craic@lists.integralshift.ca">craic@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div>Now that the Eastern Orthodox Church has celebrated Christmas, the following poem seems appropriate:</div><div><br></div><b>now what </b>- a poem by Thomas Shuman<div><br></div><div>now what will you do with those gifts?</div><div>now what will you do with that love</div><div>that God has given you to share with others?</div><div><br></div><div>now what will you do with that hope</div><div>God put under the tree?</div><div>can you pass it along to a neighbour?</div><div><br></div><div>now what will you do with that joy</div><div>you didn’t expect?</div><div>hoard it all for yourself</div><div>or hand it to someone needing joy?</div><div><br></div><div>now what will you do with that grace</div><div>that God stuck in your stocking?</div><div>leave it there until next Christmas?</div><div>or find a stranger who needs it?</div><div><br></div><div>now what will you do</div><div>with all the blessings in your life</div><div>that God has given to you?</div><div>throw it out with the wrapping paper</div><div>or offer blessings to others?</div><div><br></div><div>now that Christmas is finally over,</div><div>what will you do?</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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