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Every Christmas I reread Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”
I love seeing a grumpy, selfish, mean man being transformed into someone who is kind, generous and remorseful.
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hile I do believe people can change for the better in real life, too, it seems to be much more rare than it is in fiction.
When it does happen, it’s a slow process in my experience. Instead of taking one night, it generally takes many years and includes lots of stops and starts.
The gradual process of it makes sense to me as a changing is hard work and rarely happens immediately for anyone no matter which habits we’re trying to begin or end.
But I do wish this transformation would happen more often in the real world. Imagine how much better life would be if it were common for people who have a great deal of wealth and power in the world to give it away in order to save lives and reduce suffering.
So many of the deeply kind and generous people I’ve known have been folks who have limited influence and tight budgets but who still do everything they can to help others. If only everyone behaved the way they do!