{"id":1786429,"date":"2022-12-25T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1786429"},"modified":"2022-12-25T10:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T15:34:14","slug":"adam-b-coleman-this-christmas-lets-show-the-best-of-ourselves-and-keep-it-going-all-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-b-coleman-this-christmas-lets-show-the-best-of-ourselves-and-keep-it-going-all-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam B. Coleman: This Christmas, Let\u2019s Show the Best of Ourselves \u2014 And Keep It Going All Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fadam-b-coleman-this-christmas-lets-show-the-best-of-ourselves-and-keep-it-going-all-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1786429&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Every year around Christmas, we are reminded to think of people other than ourselves and find ways of sacrificing something we value, like our money and time, to give to someone more in need. I tend to also use this time of year to reminisce about the moments people helped me, some of them complete strangers, and express gratitude for their sacrificing for me in a time of desperation.<\/p>\n<p>One of those moments was when strangers came together to keep me from sleeping in my car after realizing I had no place to stay.<\/p>\n<p>I was 21 years old, burnt out from working a dead-end job and wanted a new challenge in a different place. I happened to become friends with someone I met online who lived in Nashville, Tenn., and we mutually came up with the idea of me moving to Music City for a fresh start. He offered a room at his house, which he claimed to own, and even to introduce me to a friend who might help me start a new career with a job opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Before making the decision to move, I visited Nashville to meet him and discuss further \u2014in hindsight, I should have asked to see his home. Decision made, I packed my entire life into my car and drove from New Jersey to Nashville. As I got closer to my destination, he still wasn\u2019t answering my calls; as the clock was winding down, I became more desperate.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, an hour before my arrival, he answered and told me coldly, \u201cSorry, you can\u2019t stay here.\u201d I was confused about what had happened and angry he would lie to me about something so serious.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-christmas-565.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/coleman-christmas-565.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Coleman\" class=\"wp-image-25124985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-christmas-565.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-christmas-565.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-christmas-565.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Coleman was saved from sleeping in his car by coworkers after his move to Nashville. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had fortunately secured a position in a national pharmaceutical retailer\u2019s alarm-monitoring division weeks before departing. After a disappointing weekend, my first day of work rolled around on Monday. I sat down with my manager, who affably asked, \u201cHow was your move? Did you get settled in with your friend?\u201d I didn\u2019t have it in me to lie to him, so I gave him the whole story. I explained that I\u2019d be fine and sleep in my car until I saved enough money for an apartment.<\/p>\n<p>Before the end of my shift, my manager pulled me aside and told me he couldn\u2019t have me sleeping in my car. The managers decided to pool their money to put me in a hotel room until I could get on my feet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter alignright\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\tKeep up with today&#8217;s most important news\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\tStay up on the very latest with Evening Update.\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>These people knew me for only a matter of hours, and they sacrificed their own money to help me in a dire time in my life to keep me safe in a hotel room. I stayed in various hotel rooms for about four weeks until I was able to put a deposit down on a nearby apartment.<\/p>\n<p>I showed my gratitude every day I entered work and was a model employee. If they needed someone to fill a shift, I volunteered. If my manager needed something, I did it enthusiastically. They never asked for a penny back from me \u2014 and I really appreciated that they never told my other co-workers what was going on.<\/p>\n<p>Months later, I found out my \u201cfriend\u201d had lied to me about much of his life and never owned his own home. Nevertheless, the good and honorable people who managed me found it in their hearts to sacrifice for me. That major act of kindness is something I think about often.<\/p>\n<p>A lot has happened since then, but that Nashville experience shaped who I am today. Now through my publishing operation, I\u2019m able to help people find their voices and amplify them.<\/p>\n<p>With the craziness of social media and 24\/7 political bantering, it sometimes seems like everyone is either losing his mind or a raging narcissist. But whenever I start to lean in that pessimistic direction, I think about those generous people \u2014 because there are far more people like them that exist than we realize.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-christmas-569.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/coleman-christmas-569.jpg\" alt=\"Nashville\" class=\"wp-image-25124989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-christmas-569.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-christmas-569.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-christmas-569.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The \u201cBlack Victim to Black Victor\u201d author shares a story of kind-hearted, charitable people. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christmastime is that moment of the year when we can show the best versions of ourselves in hopes it will become an addictive pattern of behavior afterward. Let Christmas be the beginning of an endless marathon of charity, as you never know whose life you\u2019ll change.<\/p>\n<p><em>Adam B. Coleman is the author of \u201cBlack Victim to Black Victor\u201d and founder of Wrong Speak Publishing. Follow him on Substack: adambcoleman.substack.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year around Christmas, we are reminded to think of people other than ourselves and find ways of sacrificing something we value, like our money and time, to give to someone more in need. 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