All I want for Christmas is......

When I spend longer periods of time in my car, I like to listen to audio books. It's a great way for me to keep up on my reading. This week I found myself making many short trips to either the gym ,the shop, or to the market. Instead of my audio books I ended up listening to the local radio stations which as you are well aware of, play loads and loads of commercials. I was reminded , no bombarded with advertising regarding what it was i needed wanted and could not possibly live without during this holiday season.
I need to get a new car this holiday season.
I need more bandwidth this holiday season.
I need a 148 piece mechanics tool set and a power saw this holiday season.
I need something from every clothing store, department store,appliance store, electronics store,toy store,supermarket and drug store in the area.
I need new pillows.
I need chocolate covered berries.
I need pajamas.
I need steaks.
And all of these I can get by just ordering them on line.....and if I hurry and use a special code they will rush my order to me and offer me all kinds of extra incentives.
It's absolutely staggering how much stuff I need that I didn't even realize I needed!
But seriously,it made me start to think about what I might really want. What could some one get for me that I would rally appreciate?
While standing on line at the print department at the local Staples, I struck up a conversation with a young woman who was in a panic over a project she was trying to get done and rushed out the door.
Being the helpful sort of fellow that I am,I made a few suggestions that she might want to try. After a few moments and not much help from the sales staff,my advice seemed to calm her down. We continued our conversation as both of us were going to be there for quite some time. She asked about my project,something I am doing for Live 2 XL and family Christmas gifts. One thing led to another, and the story of my Journey came up. She was fascinated. I shared with her my project and as she read it tears welled up in her eyes.
She asked if I had a business card and it just so happened that I did.
Eventually both of our jobs were completed and we went our merry ways.
The following morning I received an email from my new friend with a simple note.
"It was so meeting you last night. I was in crisis mode and you really calmed me down. I can't thank you enough. Would you mind adding me to your daily email list? I would really like to stay in touch".And there it was. That is exactly the gift I want this year. I want to add more people to my list. I want to share with more people.I want to hear from more people and have more people accompany me on my Journey.So if you were thinking about getting me a gift for the holidays or for my birthday or just because you think I'm a great guy, let that gift be a new friend I can add to my email list.
That is what I want as my holiday gift!
Shabbat Shalom!