A Thirty Day Christmas Challenge

Steven Barnes
4 min readDec 1, 2021

Thanks to you and your family last Xmas, I was able to get where I needed to go and now I am on my feet with a decent job, good vehicle and living a life that is better for me.”

This note was sent to me today by someone we were able to help last year. Understand — it wasn’t just me and my family, unless we say ALL OF YOU who contributed are “Family.” And perhaps, that is the best way to look at it.

Listen. If Gratitude is the antidote for fear and stress, then the clearest, most tangible form of gratitude is giving. Tithing. Helping. It is saying…

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Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.