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Merry Monday – The True Meaning of Christmas

Posted on the 24 December 2012 by Phil's Stock World @philstockworld

Why it’s almost Christmas Eve, Mr. Scrooge!  

The Global markets are closed tomorrow and we’re bound to have a very slow day – if you are waiting for a Santa Clause rally on today’s trading, you are very likely to be disappointed.  Today is a day for relaxation and reflection.  Remember, the words of Jacob Marley, who said:

Business! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!

Marley was a man who worked and worked until the day he died and regretted it every day after.  If you don’t believe in an afterlife and you don’t believe in leaving behind the World a better place than you found it, at least find some time for yourself so people don’t call you "a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner" after you’re gone.  

Merry Monday – The True Meaning of ChristmasI was inspired this morning by an old post on Barry’s site titled "Give and You Will Receive" listing 13 good ways we can all give every day.  

’Tis the season of giving and goodwill to all man and all that and my children just completed their annual ritual of wrapping up all the toys they are done with to give to children who need them more than they do.  …


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