Charitable

I wrote yesterday how I try, 

in my own small way, 

to be charitable, 

especially around the Holiday Season. 

I wrote how doing these little acts of kindness makes me feel all warm

and fuzzy inside. 

I told you, 

that I'm charitable, 

because of my daughter. 

Who taught me how good it is to be charitable. 

That is only partly true. 

The other part of this story, 

is how I felt, 

when I received much needed help during the 
Holiday Season 
when that daughter was six years old. 

A couple of weeks before Christmas day, 

I received a call on my work cellphone from my boss, 

Jack. 

I was working at  

Cox Communication Inc. 

in Orange County, 

California at the time. 

Actually, 

I retired from that great company. 

They were there for me on many occasions, 
when I became ill, 

or when I was having personal problems at home. 

They were very patient with me through all my ups 

and downs I was going through in life. 

When my boss called me he told me there was going to be an impromptu 

Christmas Party 

and I had to attend. 

It was on my day off. 

Well, 

I was upset, 

telling him how I had a large family, 

and I was going through some tough times right then about money. 

He told me I had to come anyways. 

Unbeknownst to me, 

he quickly organized a collection for me. 

When I arrived the day of the party, 

I was given a Christmas Tree, 

presents for all my kids, 

and some cash for gas for my truck. 

I was forty eight years old 

and I cried. 

I will always be grateful to 

Cox Communication 

and the wonderful people who worked there when I did. 

I will also always be grateful to 

Jack Robinson 

for organizing the collection, 

which made me realize how good it feels when people reach out 

and help someone like me, 

who was in need of help. 

I'm not the riches man in the world, 

but I'm never going to forget what they did for me 

and the person who organized it.

Those are the riches I cherish most about my time there 

and how now,

I'm a more charitable person because of it!

This is,

Wishing All A Merry Holiday Season,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” 
- Charles Dickens -

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