December 1st, 2006
Stan's column for the month is up! It's different this month, but I think you'll
really enjoy it!
Have a look!
'Tis the season to be jolly, falalalalalallaaaaa la la la la! And it 'tis!
It's December! Happy December to all!
Can you believe it? What happened to summer? Where'd it go?
And so, yesterday Bill took me over to the storage place and we sorted through our Christmas things, and now I have my hands full! It's time to decorate and I'm going to go all out this year! I missed it two years ago due to illness, last year was hectic and difficult because I was still recovering. This year, LOOK OUT! I may be blind, but I've still got the "Ho! Ho! Ho!" in me!
O.K., ladies and gents, we REALLY need your help for the Christmas party!
Please click here!
We need YOU to sit in the greeters seats at Pietros, Wednesday night, (December 6th at 5, 6, or 7 P.M.) for our Christmas Party! You will forever be blessed!
Please, let me know! We really need your help!
You know... I keep thinking about this.
Are you feeling down this Holiday Season? Are you feeling like you didn't get to fish as much as you like? Did the floods of 2006 get you down?
Or-- are you tempted by commercials in magazines or on television of some wonder pill that promises to make you feel better, thinner, more energetic?
Do you feel that if only you had more money, life would be better?
Are you frustrated by your personal love relationships, or lack, thereof?
Are you lonely?
Are you frightened by some recent health event in your life?
Are you frustrated with your life, and have been recently tempted to fight and argue on the ifish board?
Well... listen up! I think I've found something that will help you... and it's nearly free!
We have all witnessed some of our nation's wealthiest people, searching high and low, for joy. Some of these folks browse travel brochures, searching for their dream vacation. Thinking they've found it, and in desperation they mutter, "surely this will make me happy!"
They might book the trip, plan for days, and take the trip, only to arrive home back at their executive workplace exhausted and spent. Where are the smiles? Where is their inside lasting feeling of pure joy? Why did the excitement leave them, so fast?
People with very little money might save for months to be able to enjoy two hours of being pampered at an expensive restaurant for an extravagant meal, out. Yet, the joy the meal brought loses it's 'feel good' in just a few days or weeks!
It seems to me that as a society, we run around crazy searching high and low for joy and happiness!? We think that we'll find joy
if only we fall in love with the right person, or
if only we could win the lottery, or
if only we had a better job! Nights unrested, tossing and turning, wishing for the perfect boat, the missed fish, the lost opportunities!
Where is the joy? Will it come on Christmas when someone brings you the perfect gift?
You know, people thank me for putting this event on. Gushing, they say, "Oh, Jennie! You do the most wonderful things! What a blessed event you put on! You should be so proud! You are so selfless!"
Well, I have to tell you something. I must be fooling you, because It isn't what you think. I have to be honest, here. I'm not all that great! In fact, I'm down right selfish! Absolutely and positively self centered!! I found joy, and I'm going to tell you how!
I give to the children at Emanuel Hospital!
The first time ifish did this event, I knew we were onto something big! The joy it brought me lasted all year long and more! It's something you can't put into a jar of pills! It's something that no travel brochure can offer you!
By giving, you will feel good, too! I promise! And it's not that fleeting rush of "feel good" but an honest and everlasting feeling of peace and pure joy! The kind that makes you wake up day after day with a smile on your face! Ever seen that look of joy and peace on someone's face? Want that? I sure do!
I have found that after the Christmas party, I leave feeling better than any girl has a right to! Anything that makes someone feel that good, has got to be the right thing! And, it's free!!!
All night and for many days and nights after, I'm smiling with pure joy! Fellow ifishers are giddy, counting them, and laughing as they fill the freight truck that is headed to Emanuel Hospital with toys! Toys! Toys!
These toys will be presented to children that are ill, and have to be in the hospital at Christmas Time. A time when all families should be home, together, celebrating. These kids have got to wonder if Santa will ever find them in that big unfamiliar building. Imagine when they wake up and find that Santa DID find them, after all! The very thought of it brings tears to my eyes. You know, it's not everything to these kids. The presents won't cure their ills, but it's got to help! Anything will help! They have so much to worry about and that's just not fair! But, it is what it is, and whatever I can do to help, I've got to do.
I almost feel like the scale tips further for my joy by giving, than their 'joy scale' does, by receiving. If I could tip it their way, I would, but this is all we are capable of.
Many, many people don't realize the joy that they are missing out on, for free! I mean, people with alot of money miss out! They really do! And this is a joy that people without very much money can get in on! Everyone deserves to feel this good, and God above gives this gift to every one of us, equally! It's the ability to give to others. The rich and the poor, everyone can give, no matter how much or how little. What you get back is huge. All we have to do, is to take Him up on the offer! Grab it! The gift you receive from giving is available to all of us!
In addition to giving to the kids, I am filled with laughter and pure joy as I hand out the much deserved presents to the moderators. These small tokens are for the selfless work they perform all year long on ifish, for free! They help ifish
FOR FREE! How lucky can a girl be?
Ladies and Gentlemen... give yourself a gift, this Christmas!
Come to Pietro's at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, December 6th. Bring a toy for the children at Emanuel Hospital. Enjoy the company of others who will also find the joy of giving, that night. We'll all have smiles and happiness in addition to the most wonderful pizza you've ever tasted! This dinner out will bring you joy that will last longer than any expensive, extravagantly prepared meal that I know of!
And so, when you are standing in line, waiting to order at Pietro's this Wednesday night, look around! See all the joy that is on everyone's face that has a present, in hand?
Please join us! I want you to step right up to where you order and don't even look at the menu! Just point to the people who have brought the presents for the children and say,
"I want whatever they are having!"
The gift of giving. Get you some! :)
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