The holiday season is filled with lots of things this year. Emotions and feelings run the gamut from hope to fear and everything in between. Personally, the emotional barometer is centered on serenity with hope providing upswings and joy with what life has brought me to this point being my center of gravity.
There are myriad reasons to think of these times as tough ones, endlessly bombarded with fearful predictions, the ugly slap of real difficulties facing us as individuals, communities, nations and citizens of the world. It is easy to dwell upon mistakes made by others as well as oneself, to harbor a certain dread of what might become, based upon the realities thrust upon us. What keeps my personal thoughts distinctly swung over to the positive side of the meter is the strong belief that whatever may come, we will get through it and learn some valuable lessons along the way.
To me, Christmas is a time for reflection, a guage of where I am as a human being versus where I want to be. In fact, the Holiday Season is marked by a sense of Thanksgiving during the whole time. Being able to share Christmas Eve with my parents in Las Cruces, New Mexico helps to foster the spirit of thankfulness and contentment, coupled with the sense that all will be OK no matter what.
To visit the town I grew up in, to participate in Christmas Eve services in the church my family has been a part of for a long time engenders a knowledge of serenity that persists. Observing the changes of my hometown as it grows and evolves help remind me that the status quo is a fleeting thing, marked by a moment in time. Watching the people at the Christmas Eve service, the old familiar faces, noting those no longer around but seeing new people in their place, sparks the feeling that all is as it should be.
Today is one I am thankful for--in many ways. Whether tomorrow brings what I want it to or what it should be is not in my hands alone. I can do the best work that I am capable of, prepare for possibilities and obstacles that lie ahead and gird my ego to accept & implement the lessons to be learned along the way.
Merry Christmas everyone...my wish is for serenity & the spark of perseverance to guide us all in the year to come.
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Thanks Kent, I appreciate your thoughts. Have a great Christmas.
Gabe - thanks for stopping by! You have a great Christmas as well.
Kent, I enjoyed your post, I hope that you and your family are enjoying a Merry Christmas!
Kent, A friend of mine sent me your post and I have to say I am very thankful he did. I really enjoyed your thoughts and reflections, especially the comment "all is as it should be" and the last paragraph. Thank You and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Kent, my friend
Glad ya got to be with you're parents. I sure did enjoy readen your fine post, for the Holiday.
I wanted to stop by and give ya a white Christmas to look at. This is a photo of a part, of my back yard.
to you, and your family
happy holidays , I hope you are having a great hannukah and christmas week. Enjoy the end of 2008 and all the best for a happy 2009
Hi Kent, Dale Baker sent me your way and I am glad he did. I really enjoyed this post and found it to be very uplifting.
Tony & Darcy - thanks...we certainly did have a great Christmas (Inca & Candy too). Best wishes for a good New Year!
Kim - thank you for the kind words. I hope you had a Merry Christmas also.
Dale - always nice to have you stop by, and extra special when you share photos like that also! (makes me wish I were back in the Colorado Mountains for a few minutes) LOL
James - thanks for stopping by with the good wishes...may all go well for you also!
Shirley - glad you got some good feelings out of it, and thanks to Dale for sending you over.
Kent,
The spark of perserverance! That's the ticket. Let's grab a cup of coffee together soon. I've added mobile home expertise to my box of tools, and I'd like to talk with you.
Mike in Tucson
Sounds good Mike - I am absolutely swamped this week. Perhaps next week will be more sane!
Kent - just caught your post - Merry Christmas (belated) and happy New Year! Be safe tonight! Here's to saying goodbye to 2008 (seems like it would never end!) and looking forward to the challenges and successes we will have in 2009!