Christmas Is A Time To Disregard Anti-Mendicancy Law

Christmas is a great time
​to share our blessings
with one another
 most especially with those
who have little or none at all.

Christmas Tree 2015 At The Park Beside Birhen Sa Regla Church, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.

Money, food, clothing
​and anything else can be given. 
It doesn't have to be big or expensive, 
but the thought of having the heart to give 
and share something is what matters.

Anywhere we are in the country, 
there are always people who are 
needing this kind of treatment from us. 
Whether we live in the city or in the provinces, 
there will always be poor 
and needy people in our lives, 
and it's all up to us to care for them or not. 
Even when we don't have so much at times, 
we can always give a little of what we have. 
And in this time of the year
when love is all around 
​and filling up the entire atmosphere, 
giving and sharing should be 
a part of the holiday celebrations. 
It is also our way of thanksgiving to the Almighty 
for everything we have gotten throughout the year.

And we need not forget
that giving alms to mendicants or beggars
maybe considered. 
Although we are aware
​of the Anti-Mendicancy Law of the land, 
we can bypass that for the whole month of December 
because we have a great reason for doing so. 
Helping the poor and the needy is good karma, 
and it's like depositing our money 
in the bank with a big interest in the future. ​

Those people can't pay us back, 
and they don't have to. 
God will pay us back in time. 
We should always bear this truth in mind. 
What we give, 
we will receive it back in God's time. 
And the more we give, 
the more we receive. 
And as they say, 
there's more happiness in giving
than in receiving.

Maybe a lot of us
are not having much this time of the year, 
having little money or none at all, 
and that we can't possibly give to anyone anything. 
We have bills to pay and so on. 
But we have to remember that 
it's not the money that counts all the time. 
Say, when a beggar knocks our doors, 
we can give clothes or food or anything else 
which may be of some use to him. 
Or when we can't give money at this time, 
we can work hard that 
we can give money the next time. 
It's just like that. 
The important thing is
we make an effort to give. 
And giving even a little goes a long way.

All through our lives we have so much 
to be thankful for
​not just during Christmas 
but the whole time we're alive. 
First, for the gift of life, 
for giving us the chance to be born. 
Then for having family and friends around, 
for having good health, etc. 
Actually, everything we have 
is worthy of thanksgiving to the Almighty. 
And giving thanks for the guts 
and the nerves to defy 
the Anti-Mendicancy Law.