The following is an excerpt from “Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life” by Joshua Becker (Waterbrook), released this month.
Dion Mitchell grew up near Toledo, Ohio, in comfortable circumstances. In his childhood and youth, he did not often come into contact with poor people. Nor did Dion’s family have a consistent pattern of serving the needy. But every Thanksgiving, for reasons he wasn’t even able to articulate, they would deliver meals to poor families in their small town who were short on food.
When telling me about his experience, Dion did some quick calculation in his head.
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