A Lesson Learned too Late in Life: Selections from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"

“If I could work my will," said Scrooge indignantly, "every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!”

Marley’s ghost to Scrooge: ‘’No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused.’’

Scrooge: “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me... I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to every-body! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!”’’

Tiny Tim: "God bless Us, Every One!"

Scrooge learned an important lesson too late. You have the chance to make a joyful impact in your lifetime. Embrace this beautiful season of giving. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Hoplin Jackson Charitable Advisors!