It's all about gratitude...

some food for thought this holiday season from alternet...

It's not enough to pull drowning victims out of the river; we need to walk back upstream and find out who's throwing them in.

Two caveats: I don't care so much about how much you give, but about how much of what you have that you give. America gives a lot of money overseas, but it's actually the next to the stingiest industrialized country in the world. So it's not the dollars that matter to me, it's what portion of what you have do you give and what does it do to your soul?

Second of all, I will really beg your indulgence and ask your permission to be just a wee little bit religious, because that's who I am and I can't tell my story without bringing that into it.

Guilt is a terrible reason for giving, but gratitude is an extraordinary reason for giving. I don't care what religion you are or if you have no religion at all. The spiritual health of your soul is measured by how blessed you feel.

i couldn't agree more...

Note: The author of this speech, the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, in 2003 was elected the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church.

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