Archive for Thursday, December 19, 2002
Remember others, yourself during the holiday season
We bid all our readers a merry Christmas with two seemingly contradictory wishes.
In both its sacred and secular traditions, Christmas is about giving. There are numerous ways we can improve our community and the lives of people who live in it by giving just a few hours of our time each week.
As we heard former Kansas City Royal Ed Hearn say so well recently, giving to others is the best thing we can give ourselves. Not only does the direct experience enrich us, but the act of giving has a way of coming back to us in unexpected ways. Although this can seem magical, the prosaic explanation is that the more doors we open to the world the more likely opportunity will knock at our door.
In a much different vein, we ask our readers to take time to relax this holiday season. It's unfortunate that the pace of life doesn't slow at Christmas. But with travel, shopping and other preparations -- not to mention putting things in order at work so we can take time off -- it is not a leisurely holiday. If anything, the lives we try to manage with cell phones, Palm Pilots, day planners and other crutches are made more helter-skelter. There's no perfect Christmas, just the one we get. Enjoy it.
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What do you think about a proposed ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants, bars and workplaces?
As much as I hate government interfering with our lives, I love the smoking ban. Going out in Lawrence is so nice without smelling cigarette smoke at your table while eating.
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