The Right Thing.

[Iowanian]

Originally Posted by Paniero

In 2003, I was alone in Kuwait during both Thanksgiving and Christmas and felt horrible. I was participating in a war I didn't believe in, was missing my family, and had broken off an engagement while I was away.

For three weeks, apathy ruled, until one day, I received a card (with a drawing) from a third grader in PA wishing support for us overseas. My mind flashed back to the first Gulf War, when my fourth grade class wrote these same letters...

Anyway, it was the best Christmas gift I have ever gotten, and if you have the ten minutes to write a card or send a letter, please take it.

You never know how much it means to the person who will receive it.

Thanks for sharing that story. Its an excellent example of how a low cost thing can do good.

One negative about doing things for people we don't know or can't see, is that you don't get to see how what you've done affects them.