Half of one person's joy is the experiencing of another person's joy; when you make someone happy, it makes you happy too. When you give, you're both giving and receiving, which is far more rewarding than just receiving.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COST A LOT, OR ANYTHING AT ALL Christmas, for example, has been called "The Season of Giving." Because it's become so commercial, many people have come to equate "giving" with "buying." That doesn't have to be the case. It's so easy to get carried away by the marketing machine we live in today. It's an amazing mechanism; it's responsible for the creation of jobs and new products, but we can't forget that sometimes the greatest gifts are those that cost nothing.

Why do some people pursue their dreams while others bury their dreams?

It comes down to belief and desire. Whether you believe it's possible, whether you believe YOU can do it, and whether you want the dream enough to do whatever it takes.

Let's say you believe it's possible and you think there's a good chance you can pull it off now, what steps do you need to take to make it happen?

Legs covered in skin-toned stockings, her skirt crisp to the knee, Patty Davis slips on the black heels she has shined for the day.

"Got to look good in the Lord's house," she says as she spritzes her neck with White Diamonds perfume and exits her black Lincoln Town Car.

As it was his custom most Friday nights, Solomon made his way to the Thelomonik jazz lounge in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood. It was his bohemian refuge after a long week in the cold and predictable world of Bay Street finance. His favourite checked scarf had replaced his stripped office tie as he walked down Bloor Street.