The Holiday Season Is Upon Us
There is music in the air, our homes are decorated and there is a joyous feeling as we make our way to the office. Everyone we meet seems to have "that holiday feeling" RIGHT? WRONG! The sad part is that every one is not in the festive mood that that the songs and the stories want to portray. For many this holiday season is a sad time, a time that they are missing loved ones lost to death, divorce, the war, or because they or you have chosen to not be home for the season. As we read or watch the news, it is filled with words of despair. A company closes down and 500 people lose their jobs. Another company downsizes and another 2,000 jobs are lost. Yes for many it seems there is no reason for the season. For many, life is full of despair and hopelessness. Many ask why me? Why now?
For some it is a time of joy, of renewal and reflection. For others it is a time of sadness, of memories that we would like to tuck away but they seem to keep coming back.
For the past 20 years my holidays have been spent helping others make it through this time. And for those who have lost hope let me reassure you that there is hope and in the coming weeks I will continue this blog with the hope of reaching out to you and invite others to join in sharing our trials and our successes in overcoming them. In closing let me share an experience that I had just last night.
Three weeks ago a gentleman from our community came home from work to find his wife and children gone, his home was cleaned out except for a note left on the counter. The note informed him that his wife had found someone new and had moved her and the children to a different state to join the new love that she had found on the Internet. To say the least he was devastated and over the past three weeks had sunk in despair to the point that yesterday he was contemplating suicide. By chance his employer happened to call at the right time and as the story unfolded his employer invited him to a Christmas party for his family. I was also invited to that party and as chance would have it I was seated next to this man. I watched as individual after individual approached this man and welcomed him. I watched as a face filled with hopelessness turned to one of acceptance and joy.
We all know that two hours of acceptance will not turn this mans life around, but last night was a beginning. I am sure that as he returned to an empty home he was sad but with the love of his fellow man and new found friends he will survive! And so can you!
Best Wishes,
Kent Allen, Founder
Previdence Corporation
For some it is a time of joy, of renewal and reflection. For others it is a time of sadness, of memories that we would like to tuck away but they seem to keep coming back.
For the past 20 years my holidays have been spent helping others make it through this time. And for those who have lost hope let me reassure you that there is hope and in the coming weeks I will continue this blog with the hope of reaching out to you and invite others to join in sharing our trials and our successes in overcoming them. In closing let me share an experience that I had just last night.
Three weeks ago a gentleman from our community came home from work to find his wife and children gone, his home was cleaned out except for a note left on the counter. The note informed him that his wife had found someone new and had moved her and the children to a different state to join the new love that she had found on the Internet. To say the least he was devastated and over the past three weeks had sunk in despair to the point that yesterday he was contemplating suicide. By chance his employer happened to call at the right time and as the story unfolded his employer invited him to a Christmas party for his family. I was also invited to that party and as chance would have it I was seated next to this man. I watched as individual after individual approached this man and welcomed him. I watched as a face filled with hopelessness turned to one of acceptance and joy.
We all know that two hours of acceptance will not turn this mans life around, but last night was a beginning. I am sure that as he returned to an empty home he was sad but with the love of his fellow man and new found friends he will survive! And so can you!
Best Wishes,
Kent Allen, Founder
Previdence Corporation
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