"So This is Christmas"

What is it that binds us together?  Is it the tree, the ornaments?  The gifts given or received?

Is it those who we love?  Or is it remembering what the past year has brought?

So this is Christmas.  

And I must say that I’ve seen many of these come and go in a haze of doubt and a puzzled reflection of “I thought this was something to look forward to”.  Over the last ten years I’ve spent more Christmases feeling alone or stressed or just angry that it was always so hard.

So THIS Christmas I’ve been given a gift.  The breathe and space to realize that it doesn’t have to be what I’ve perceived it to be.  It can be whatever the day, the season holds.

So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun

John Lennon’s words are deeper than they seem.  He speaks of ending war and bias.  Of finding Peace.  Love.  Joy.

SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS…

…moments shared with a special someone

…a gift given from a deep place in the heart

…remembering fondly those who will be missed dearly

…”Christmas Vacation”

…”Grandma got ran over by a Reindeer”

…a birth

…a wish

…joy and a hope for tomorrow.

This is Christmas.