Every Tuesday I come up with an idea to make a difference for someone in a small, personal, creative way, then I send out that idea as a mission assignment to everyone in our group. Over the next week, we all spend 10 minutes to accomplish it in our own way for people in our own lives.
Enjoy the holiday season!
Today (Monday night as I write this) is Christmas Day, and next week around this time is New Year's Day, so I'm taking the time off from love bombs. After that it'll be the end of the holiday season, and into the teeth of the long, cold winter. God willing we'll all see it through to the other side together :)
It's been another weird year for me, full of stops and starts and big personal/career changes and more than a little stress. The kinds of things most people go through every five years or so, I seem to go through a couple a year. But I suppose I wouldn't trade it, because it's made me who I am today, and I like who I am today. So we keep soldiering on, yeah? If you're in a tough situation in life, please know that you're not alone. There are people who love you, and your life has incredible value <3
If you feel like responding with an end-of-year message of your own, I'll be happy to read the updates in lieu of Christmas cards or cookies left on my doorstep, haha - if not, I hope you enjoy your holidays, and we'll talk again soon!
-Nate
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PS: I think this is only the second time in 100 years that we haven't had any snow in Milwaukee during December - it's felt so strange to have the whole holiday season feel like fall instead of winter. I did take a foggy picture from my balcony on Christmas Eve, and on my Christmas Day walk this morning, I saw that someone had decorated their baby fir tree for a Charlie Brown Christmas. It made me smile.
Love Bomb
Every Tuesday I come up with an idea to make a difference for someone in a small, personal, creative way, then I send out that idea as a mission assignment to everyone in our group. Over the next week, we all spend 10 minutes to accomplish it in our own way for people in our own lives.
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