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A fourteen year old girl may use the word need to express her desire for $100 jeans, while a single mother may use the word to plea for money in order to pay an overdue electric bill.
If a woman wearing pearls and fur says over a glass of wine in a fine restaurant, that she doesn’t believe in charity, the word carries implied disdain. However, when a 66 year old disabled man receives a bowl of Linda’s homemade Taco soup at RAM, and he whispers a silent prayer of thanks for her charity, the word is praise
If a word can mean so many different things depending on its use, the speaker or the listener, consider how an object can also mean so many different things to different people.
A single can of soup for instance, $1.59 on sale, may be a back up lunch for a busy paralegal that often dines outside the office with friends. But that same can could feed a hungry senior who lives on $215 a month from social security and cannot pay for food.
What about Thanksgiving? What does that word, mean to you? If it is a special time to gather with loved ones and enjoy delicious food, perhaps you will want others to have such an experience. This year, many will need your help to have such a meal.
You could start by donating $30 to buy a turkey and fixins for a family in need, at the SW Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank.
Maybe you could bake a few extra pies for the Rescue Mission, a Roanoke homeless charity.
Maybe, this year, before the meal, your family can say a prayer of Thanksgiving.
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