Annual Holiday Poem from Scott Mahnken - Edge Marketing - www.go-to-guru.com

The Holidays are Right on Time

The economy isn’t any better
So I guess I’ll settle for this fuzzy red sweater

Sure I wished for a happy holiday this year
But I guess I have to drown those wishes in a beer

Never imagined the recovery would take so long
As my spirit is brightened by my favorite holiday song

Sure Santa is dashing thru the driving snow
But I’m facing challenges that I don’t even know

Yet its the time of year when nothing really matters
It’s the time of year where eggs meet batters

Cookies and candy canes are all abound
As the cars in the mall parking lot go round and round

Yes, there’s a hint of Christmas in the air
There’s a hint of hope and reasons not to despair

Maybe you’ll get just one special gift
But the thought and the surprise provide an emotional lift

Lifting your emotions oh so very high
That they encounter your dreams as they pass in the sky

God hears your prayers as they rise up above
Returning from heaven and packaged as love

So be strong today and this holiday season
Just look around you’ll find plenty of reason

Maybe you’ll generate a smile on a child’s face
Maybe just maybe you’ll shop in a frenzied pace

Regardless of what you do this holiday time of year
Keep your friends close and your family near

For riches and prizes are not what this is all about
For they all disappear of that there’s no doubt

Make it a point to just do something special today
Don’t be selfish and say there’s no way

Because when you find the rewards that come when you give
You’ll find the reason that we all get to live

To make someone feel much  better than before
Yes it’s such a special gift – one you can’t buy in any store.

Scott 11-02-11