I heard this line in a song three years ago and it has left a lasting impression on me. It only takes one true believer to believe you can still beat the odds, it only takes one person to truly believe in something, to believe in change in order for change to happen. Someone somewhere needs to have the idea of change, someone needs to plant the seed.
I have already mentioned before that I LOVE Christmas! I am the bauble queen, I love the sparkle and the excitement. I find Christmas to be a very magical time and Iove it like a fat kid loves cake! ..apart from the glitter! ... Christmas seems to include an awful lot of glitter. It gets everywhere, into your clothes and carpets and you can never quite get rid of it all no matter how many times you vacuum!! I but on a whole the Christmas season is great and is my favourite time of year.
Today, however, someone reminded me that Christmas is not a joyful time for everyone. For some people Christmas is a sad and lonely time of the year. A huge number of people, particularly the elderly, will spend Christmas alone, they will have no visitors and see no one over the Christmas season! Other people find Christmas a sad time of year because it reminds them of a loved one they have lost and they no longer wish to join in with the festivities and some people face Christmas not only on their own but out on the streets, homeless cold and hungry.
Over the past few years things have been a little bit tough in this country and many of us have had to tighten the purse strings a little bit, but most of us are blessed with the basics, we have a home to live in, we have clothes to wear and we have food on our table. Most of us have friends or family who we can spend time with, laugh with and get comfort and support from. I don't have millions of pounds in the bank, I don't live in a massive house and I don't drive a fancy car (mainly because I'm an awesome epileptic) but none of those things matter. I have a wonderful network of friends and family who love me, i have a nice home, i have nice clothes and food to eat. I am incredibly blessed. There are so many people who go without those basic needs!
I have noticed over the years that while we all complain about the state of the country, we all watch children in need or the charity adverts on the TV and we all talk about how we want things to change, that we want to help those people on the TV and yet how many of us actually do???
How many of us walk past the homeless guy on the street, making a judgement in our heads about how they ended up in their current situation and deciding that they don't deserve our help or that we don't have enough to spare. How many of us see that old lady going about her daily business every day and feel a pang of sadness in our hearts because we know she is lonely and yet we walk past her without speaking?
Change only comes when one person takes that first step towards it. You don't need to be a millionaire to help those in need you just need to be kind, thoughtful and less judgemental. I had a wonderful experience recently of talking with a homeless man. I sat next to him and we chatted for about 20 minutes. He was a nice guy who had fallen on hard times. Afterwards he thanked me for talking to him and treating him like a human being something which nobody had done in months. Imagine that!!! Imagine not only being homeless, hungry and incredibly sad but then having people treat you like you are worthless and some kind of sub human!! To me that is so incredibly sad!!!
If this Christmas season everyone made one change, if everyone carried out one act of kindness towards someone else then a change will come! It won't change the world but it will change the lives of those around us! So let's talk to the homeless, visit the old lady who is lonely, take cookies to our neighbours , smile at a stranger in the street. You never know who's life you are changing!!!
Every act of kindness has a ripple effect, you never know how far reaching each ripple may be....
It's the season to be jolly ,it's also the season to be kind!!!!!
Bring on the sparkles, mince pies, glitter and that little bit of kindness that will make Christmas truly magical this year!!!!
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