Each day the merchant proposed that if the bird had this or that accessory, it would be happy and sing for joy. Oh yes, you'd have been proud of him, yesterday. When I took the cover off the cage, he went over, pecked on his bell, hopped over to his ladder, climbed right to the top, looked into his mirror, and then jumped to the swing ever so gently. That may seem like a silly story, but many helping people have delivered a Christmas food basket to a needy family, gathered around a computer game that is attached to a new color TV, surrounded by empty beer and soda cans. Many wealthier parents provide clothes and cars to kids who desperately need love and guidance.
Governments send arms to nations whose people are literally starving.
Amusing or not, people provide bells, ladders, mirrors and swings to those who need food, water, clothing, or something else of genuine value. In contrast, an aged grandmother once gave a little slip of paper, which cost nothing, to help a little girl live a truly good life. Water what is dry. Heal what is wounded. Warm what is cold.