As the planet slowly dies, the human race persistently kills off more trees each year by sending truckloads of Christmas cards to friends, family and casual acquaintances, half of whom they would probably not recognise if they saw them in the street! Why do we do this? Why do we feel compelled to scribble our name pointlessly on the bottom of a card carrying some insincere greeting to someone we hardly know? A sincere Christmas friendship gift should mean more than this, surely?
Instead of killing more trees this year, try giving a Christmas friendship gift of The Friendship Stone. Friendship Stones are beautiful Tiger’s Eye stones that have been naturally tumbled to produce compellingly beautiful stones that can be worn as a necklace; carried in a purse or pocket or simply placed on a desk or shelf to remind us all to start looking after the beautiful World we live in and to stay connected with the friend who loved us enough to give us such a thoughtful gift.
The giving of a Christmas friendship gift is one of the most endearing and lasting traditions of the season. Each year, however, so many deep friendships fall by the wayside because either one or the other forgot to send a card. So perhaps it is time for all of us to forget about this shallow and often meaningless charade of remembering our friends only at Christmas and forgetting they exist for the rest of the year?
This year, give your friends a real symbol of friendship and the importance of staying close to those you love; something you can hold in your hand and be close to; something that is part of the giver and a lasting reminder of real friendship. The Friendship Stone can be given to just about anyone you want to bring closer to you and is particularly popular with small children who love the idea of being held closer by parents, brothers, sisters and friends.
Better even than making this small contribution to conserving the earth, the Friendship Stone is a Christmas friendship gift that provides practical help for others: ten per cent of profits generated through Friendship Stone sales go to Project South Africa, to improve the lives of the villages from where the stones originate. Twenty per cent of net sales from the Friendship Stone website go to the non-profit organization ‘Big Brothers Big Sisters’.
If you are one of those card fanatics who annoyingly count up how many meaningless cards they receive each year and then infuriatingly compare how many more cards they have than the lady next door, perhaps you should lend some thought to what your friendships really mean and how you can change your attitude to show your friends and family where your priorities are.
Give a real Christmas friendship gift this year that means something more than a silly platitude on a card and give the planet a break rather than trying to break the planet.
Born in Florida, Cathy grew up in Columbus, Georgia. She graduated with a BA Honors in Journalism from the University of Texas, where the emphasis of her studies was in photojournalism. After studying commercial photography at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Cathy moved abroad to Israel where she has been for the past 23 years. Prior to forming My Stone Company in 2005, Cathy specialized in food and portrait photography.
The Friendship Stone Friendship Gift links friends and promotes friendships everywhere, stone by stone.
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