MY FIRST REACTION?
A couple of angry words and a comment something like “of course it’s broken - it’s 2020.”
An expensive new water heater in the month of December?
BAH HUMBUG
Then I felt a shift. A quiet thought that created a very different focus.
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How many won’t have hot water because they’ve lost their jobs due to the pandemic?
Or lost their homes?
How many can’t climb into a hot bubble bath tonight because they’re lying in a hospital bed struggling to take their next breath?
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This year my favorite Christmas gift won’t be wrapped under the tree. It’ll be in a dusty closet on the east side of the house.
MY SECOND REACTION?
Humility.
Gratitude.
And a touch of Christmas cheer