Happy Christmas Dear Readers,
“Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge. A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn't thaw it one degree at Christmas”.
Miserly or not, we all know someone who is cold or dower. We all know someone who carries “his own low temperature always with him.” I would ask what we are doing to thaw him or her. Do we really see those soured on life as an opportunity to thaw a frozen heart? If for no other reason than to make our own world more pleasant, we can be the ones who reach into the flint hearts of others to help strike a generous fire in them.
We do, however, have many others reasons to soften the hearts of others. The primary reason should be the reclamation of that individual from his own pain and torment. No one so bent on keeping out the warmth of friendship and love can be at peace within himself. Secondary but no less important is the good it does us to be aware of the needs of others for it works within us to make us more aware of our own hard heartedness.
So far in our story, Marley is dead and Scrooge is at least greedy and antisocial in addition being cold. What we can always do is express kindness and warmth without expectation of return. If we always leave an open door then those who begin to thaw in their hearts will know that our door is open. An act of kindness is never wasted as it does us good to do it.
We also place great potential for Christ to work in the hearts of others when they see us showing loving-kindness in humility and grace. As we begin our walk with Dickens it is important to understand that this tale wishes for all of us to see the potential in the pre-ghost Scrooges of the world. We may never know the thawing impact of common kindness on a frozen flint heart. We can know though that we offered that kindness and did so with the fire of generous love in our hearts.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
“Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge. A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn't thaw it one degree at Christmas”.
Miserly or not, we all know someone who is cold or dower. We all know someone who carries “his own low temperature always with him.” I would ask what we are doing to thaw him or her. Do we really see those soured on life as an opportunity to thaw a frozen heart? If for no other reason than to make our own world more pleasant, we can be the ones who reach into the flint hearts of others to help strike a generous fire in them.
We do, however, have many others reasons to soften the hearts of others. The primary reason should be the reclamation of that individual from his own pain and torment. No one so bent on keeping out the warmth of friendship and love can be at peace within himself. Secondary but no less important is the good it does us to be aware of the needs of others for it works within us to make us more aware of our own hard heartedness.
So far in our story, Marley is dead and Scrooge is at least greedy and antisocial in addition being cold. What we can always do is express kindness and warmth without expectation of return. If we always leave an open door then those who begin to thaw in their hearts will know that our door is open. An act of kindness is never wasted as it does us good to do it.
We also place great potential for Christ to work in the hearts of others when they see us showing loving-kindness in humility and grace. As we begin our walk with Dickens it is important to understand that this tale wishes for all of us to see the potential in the pre-ghost Scrooges of the world. We may never know the thawing impact of common kindness on a frozen flint heart. We can know though that we offered that kindness and did so with the fire of generous love in our hearts.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
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I cant wait for the rest of the days Your Imagination is inspiring
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