~ Charles Dickens
When writing "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens was drawing from his own experiences living the life of an insecure author, filled with fear that his bank account would be insufficient to cover his obligations until he wrote his last chapter. Over time Charles Dickens learned that his happiness, and good fortune grew in proportion to sharing his life's blessings with those who by chance entered his life.
“His wealth is of no use to him.
He don’t do any good with it. . . . I am sorry for him; I couldn’t be angry with him if I tried.
Who suffers by his ill whims! Himself, always.” ~ Charles Dickens
Had it not been for those nightmares introducing Scrooge to his past, present, and future life there is the thought that Ebenezer Scrooge would have continued to live a miserable, and depressing existence filled with all that his bank account reassured him was proof of his reason for being a successful human being. Those ghostly visitations encouraged Scrooge to share his life's gifts with those who by perceived chance entered his life.
For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
~ Francis of Assisi
Sharing his good fortune enabled Ebenezer Scrooge to begin living his life filled with joy; his last chapter written as a testament to waking up out of his nightmare into a life overflowing with happiness.
“It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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