Christmas is the Time for Looking Ahead-Daily Meditation 12.26.22
Today’s quotation:
Christmas is the time for looking ahead courageously through the gates of the swiftly approaching new year. . . of resolving
that the coming months will reflect a kinder, more forgiving, and less heedless person than mirrored in the past.-Ellen V. Morgan
Today’s Meditation:
Can we take the kindness and compassion of the Christmas season with us throughout the year? Can we wake up each morning focusing on the beauty of whatever season it happens and allow ourselves to be kind and generous to others? Can we remember that each day is just as remarkable as the one before and the one to come and that it’s up to us to make it a memorable part of our lives?
There’s no reason to let the Spirit of Christmas dissipate in our hearts and minds. There’s no reason to let life take over who we are and get so caught up in the hurry and the hustle and bustle that we forget to see just how unique our lives and those around us are.
The Spirit of Christmas is one of kindness, compassion, love, and giving. We can share these qualities with others every day, be it Christmas or summer or some seemingly uneventful Tuesday. And it’s during this season that we can look inside and figure out what makes us feel so good so that we can take that quality with us throughout the year and spread the joy that is this season all the time.
Think of the words we associate with the season: joy, hope, peace, love, family, sharing, giving, kindness, and compassion–among others. Aren’t these words and qualities that can benefit our worlds if we bring them everywhere we go, all the time?
Questions to consider:
Why do we tend to let Christmas fall into the past each year rather than carry it with us?
Which qualities of the Christmas season would benefit others the most if you carried them into the rest of the year?
How might you share your favorite qualities with others?
For further thought:
I wish we could put up some Christmas spirits in jars and open a jar of them every month.-Harlan Miller
