Category: Xmas
Holiday
Xmas 2024
Winter (here in the Norther Hemisphere) is a time when nature rests and we prepare for the year to come. Let us celebrate what has been, to bless it with gratitude. Let us look forward …
Xmas 2023
20 years ago, we had a good snowfall after Christmas and my sons and I went up Mt. Seymour. This is Cassie, a lab cross who loved to chase whatever was thrown. She had discovered …
Update
It’s been a year since I first posted about the health challenge. Treatment peaked during the summer and is now completing. I begin a period of recovery in ’23. I’ve been having helpful energy healing …
Update
One myth of awakening is that it roasts all our karma. It does roast much of our backlog, but the sprouted seeds that are unfolding continue to unfold during this life. We continue to work …
‘Tis The Season
Ho Ho Ho! Happy Holidays! The holiday season has a history that goes back a very long way. It’s said that Constantine adopted Christianity, then integrated it with other popular celebrations to gain wider acceptance. …
One Love
In 2018, 1,000 Jews, Muslims and Christians came together at the Tower of David in Jerusalem to sing, each in their language, a version of Bob Marley’s song “One Love”. Happy Holidays, One Love! On …
Desiderata
When I was young, friends had posters of the poem Desiderata on their wall. Les Crane’s spoken version was on the charts and playing on radio stations. Its source was unknown or considered ancient. Turns …
All Love
I started to write a verse for Xmas but realized it reminded me of the above which I liked better. Often described as an Irish blessing, it was written by Mike Heron (a Scot) and …
Giving and Receiving
The image of open hands is a common Christian icon. It’s an interesting symbol because cupped hands can illustrate an asking or even begging. They can also symbolize open offering, a giving. In Eastern symbology, an …
Ho Ho Ho!
As real happiness comes from a grateful heart, that became my theme for this year. All the best of the season and a very Happy New Year! Davidya
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
In 1897, an 8 year old girl wrote to the New York Post newspaper to ask if there really was a Santa. The editorial response said yes and explained why. Well over 100 years later, …