Article December 4, 2000 Issue

Giving YOU for Christmas

By Bea Roegge

A friend and I were chatting. He referred to a gift I'd given him as being "generous."

I responded that although it wasn't hard for me to give things, I was inclined to be selfish when it came to giving my time.

I'll never forget his response: "Oh, that's the most important gift of all. Giving your time is giving yourself."

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