Connecting

That family is not close, don't generally participate in each others daily lives and rarely assembles, but make an effort to do so at Christmas because connecting is that important.

Numerous friends spend the hours to write out Holiday cards by hand, recognizing that our relationships are significant enough to invest in like this, if only but once a year. They see connecting is that important.

We reach out to our far-away family members, and need a text, a mail, a FB update or best yet a Skype call every few days to help us get over the pain of separation, because connecting is that important.

One of my friends is sitting atop a roof, trying to get a cell signal, to touch the outside world. He's now directly in the line of fire as a result and risking his life, but connecting is that important.

It's a time of togetherness and for me that one idea carries the true meaning of the season - connecting really is that important for us all.