Dear Colleagues, Clients, Friends, Family, Media and all others |
Posted: April 17, 2014 |
This week (April 15) marks one year since the rampage in Boston. This Monday April 21st I am running my 3rd Boston Marathon with 38,000 other people and I'm doing it in the spirit of Gratitude and Grace for Boston Childrens Hospital charity. Many of you have already very generously donated which makes you fabulous!! Last year we raised almost 9k for sick kids. In 3 years we have raised over 20k and I'm hoping with this post we can get to 25K, so please...donate! DONATE HERE http://ow.ly/rCSvD FOLLOW THE RACE: My Bib# 32732 Be forewarned, I've had a tough training season with multiple painful physical therapy appointments and many cortisone shots. This will be a slow run/walk race to get to the finish line safely. Expect a 5.5 hr journey. LAST YEAR: GRATITUDE AND GRACE: Philosopher Roger Scruton in The American Spectator defined Gratitude and Grace. One sentence in particular “Everyone who has suffered some major calamity, be it illness, loss, or some sudden reversal of fortune, feels, on pulling through, a great surge of gratitude.” means a lot this year. When I give something I am present in the gift: it comes from me and is a symbol and an out-growth of the free self that is the moral heart of me. The gift comes wrapped in affection, an out-going of me to you that is created by the very act of giving. Even if the gift belongs to a context of ritual and reciprocity, it is something more than a bargain or a contractual exchange. It is I, going out to you. The proper response to a gift, even a gift of charity, is gratitude. People who feel gratitude also wish to express it. The easiest way is to give in one’s turn. By giving you pass on and amplify the goodwill that you received." American Spectator. Read more here: http://spectator.org/articles/39831/gratitude-and-grace PERSONAL NOTE: Donate to Boston Childrens Hospital here: http://ow.ly/rCSvD Robert Siciliano
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