As I listen to the gorgeous voice of Idina Menzel (take note John Travolta) I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
I wish you a Merry Christmas whether it's because you're celebrating the mass of Christ's birth, celebrating family and friends or celebrating the new year. If you're celebrating your material goods, then I suggest you might want to look at your priorities.
If you don't celebrate Christmas at all (bah humbug) then I wish you happiness for the latter part of this year and good wishes for an even better year next year.
Christmas is quite easily my favourite holiday. It's the most magical of all holidays and it makes me think about all the different messages that we can take from it - regardless of religious preference. We come together as a family and spend time together, we thank each other for the year, we wish strangers well - these are all things we should implement in every day life, not just one day a year.
Today's Christmas thought is about the baby Jesus. That tiny wee baby in the stable born all those years ago. He was the son of God, but if you looked at Him would you have known? Think about the potential that each of us have. Sure, we might not be the next Jesus, but we all started off as a helpless baby. He then used his courage and determination to spread the word of love, even when he was being threatened. We can all do that as well. We can achieve anything.
With that in mind, I am going to wonder what I can achieve. I doubt that I'll be able to feed thousands of people with a small basket of fish and loaves of bread, or walk on water, or part the sea - but if we can all come together and spread a message of love that will be a massive achievement. Christmas is such a wonderful holiday but not everyone has love around them. While people are gorging on their Christmas feasts, there are many who are starving. While families are bickering there are just as many people without anyone.
I last blogged about things to be grateful for this Christmas rather than counting the gifts we get from under the tree. What blessings have you counted? Even the most pessimistic of you will be surprised at your findings!
That's not to say I don't miss anything. I miss my dog, Belle. We're all heartbroken without her. I miss the simplicity of knowing what exactly I feel towards some family members. Some nights I've tossed and turned, wondering about whether or not to send a Christmas cards. Other nights I've cried and raged against them. This year I decided not to. I'm in a very happy place at the moment, and I won't have them spoil things by sending the cards back (again).
Anyway, my rambling is at its end. Merry Christmas to you all. Especially: Mum, Dad, Katie, little Thomas who is celebrating his first Christmas! Ami and Luke (who is also celebrating his first Christmas!), everyone at Aelfa for making me feel so welcome and finally to Aaron. My favourite Christmas present.
xxxx
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