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To give for the benefit of others
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To the Editor:
Whether your name is Melchior, Balthazar, Caspar or something much more common, you can feel good about your giving this holiday season. Your anonymous gifts to others were kind, thoughtful and a blessing to those who received them. You didn’t do it to receive thanks or many would thank you. You did it out of the kindness of your heart. Whether it was to the Houston County Care and Share, the Giving Tree at your church, the Semcac Food Shelf or to the neighbor down the street, you brought joy and encouragement. You are the epitome of “Minnesota nice.” As a result of your kindness, the new year begins with hope. The concern for one another does not end on the twelfth day of Christmas. Americans care about one another and for the well-being of their country. We work and give not just for our own pleasure, but for the benefit of others. This is a type of wisdom not everyone understands. May your new year be filled with blessings!
Paul Ibisch
La Crescent, Minn.
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