Winning Words 12/24/09
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.” (Buddha) Many Christians will be participating in candlelight services tonight. The faith that is ours probably has been given to us by a caring friend or relative. Be thankful today for such a gift. I hope that you have had the opportunity to pass your faith on to someone else as a gift from you. ;-) Jack

FROM RI IN BOSTON: Your light continues to glow as you brighten every day with your WW. Thanks for all you do to enlarge the lives of others, and the special friendship you have shown our family. We'll be thinking of you as our candles glow tonight.

FROM EA IN MICHIGAN: A most telling " word for the day" The light from the candles can lead us along the graying and darkening life path. Mine from the illumination of the Chanukah candles and yours from the Christmas candles. Hopefully the combined light will lead us all to peace in the coming year. FROM JACK: I was wondering if anyone would notice the irony of using a quote from Buddha to connect up with Christmas.

FOLLOW-UP FROM RI: thanks to you Hiroko benefits from both spiritual sources.

FROM BBC: Fantastic sentiment; thank you so much!

FROM SH IN MICHIGAN: Buddha looked at and noticed something inspiring, and then you made the observation more public and now many of us are now looking and noticing too. How neat we all have candles in our cultures and we're all more able to appreciate this attribute of them and being united in our appreciation we can appreciate each other more and feel closer. Thanks for WW again.

FROM PO IN MICHIGAN: Thank you for an entertaining and enlightening year of WW! FROM JACK: It was my pleasure.

FROM RS IN MICHIGAN: YOU have been a gift to me all year thank you for my daily pick me up. FROM JACK: Thanks for the nice "present." I appreciate your friendship.