Hello fellow Treeleafers!
As I mindlessly reached for my jacket this chilly morning, I stopped and looked in my closet. I must own a dozen different coats. My wife and children have at least the same number. How much is enough? How much is too much? How many do we actually need?
Thoughts of coats led me to thoughts of warmth. I wonder how many blankets we have? Again, how many do we actually need? How much is too much? How much is enough?
I would like to propose that we, to the best of our ability, take a moment to go through our closets, chests, wardrobes and storage bins. Involve friends, coworkers and family as we can. Perhaps, if it really calls to us, create a coat or blanket drive at our place of work or in our neighborhoods. If we don’t have coats or blankets to give, or if we live someplace where coats and blankets are not needed, is there something else that can be gathered?
Once our items are gathered, what then? There are multiple organizations that would love to be helped out! An internet search will turn up many different ideas. Big, small, many, few it does not matter! Maybe we too can Open a Door for someone and offer the gift of giving.
“No Giver, No Gift, No Receiver”
Gassho,
Shugen
#sattoday
As I mindlessly reached for my jacket this chilly morning, I stopped and looked in my closet. I must own a dozen different coats. My wife and children have at least the same number. How much is enough? How much is too much? How many do we actually need?
Thoughts of coats led me to thoughts of warmth. I wonder how many blankets we have? Again, how many do we actually need? How much is too much? How much is enough?
I would like to propose that we, to the best of our ability, take a moment to go through our closets, chests, wardrobes and storage bins. Involve friends, coworkers and family as we can. Perhaps, if it really calls to us, create a coat or blanket drive at our place of work or in our neighborhoods. If we don’t have coats or blankets to give, or if we live someplace where coats and blankets are not needed, is there something else that can be gathered?
Once our items are gathered, what then? There are multiple organizations that would love to be helped out! An internet search will turn up many different ideas. Big, small, many, few it does not matter! Maybe we too can Open a Door for someone and offer the gift of giving.
“No Giver, No Gift, No Receiver”
Gassho,
Shugen
#sattoday
Nicely done.
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