Christmas each year through the celebration of the Christian calendar provides an opportunity to share the holiday spirit and reflect on the past year's events and the coming year's challenges. For many people, notwithstanding the joy of sharing over the festive season, the awareness of life's passing moments and the passage of time can be a confronting experience. It was interesting to read media reports that in 2010, the major charities are reporting that volunteers are at a record high to assist at this time, and in fact that charities have had to turn potential volunteers away. Some in fact, filled their volunteer quotas in advance some months ago. The motivations of all people have a basis in sharing and generosity but mixed with this altruism is just a tinge of guilt about having some good fortune in life when many others do not. In this sense, a feeling of being useful is often a counterpoint to match this uncomfortable feeling in what can be, in general terms, a remarkably uncomforatable period of the year.
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