Christmas is just a few days away. We hear and read news stories about acts of kindness – police stopping motorists and giving them cash; benefactors who go into a big box store and pay off everyone’s layaways; even a big lottery ticket win dropped off in a Salvation Army bucket. We give items to a toy drive, pat ourselves on the back for doing good, and then return to the stressful tasks ahead of us – the shopping, the cooking, the wrapping, the traveling.
